Heading for Texas

We have had a fun 3 weeks. Spent the first two with Jerry & Linda touring around Europe.  Pat and I have spent the last week in Italy.  We have seen some pretty sights and met some nice people on our travels.  I have borrowed Jerry's "Blog" for the past  week and this will be my final post on his blog. I have enjoyed sharing some of our pictures with you. Hope you have enjoyed it as much as I have. We leave tomorrow morning for our flight home. We said goodbye to our hotel in Rome and have moved to another close to the airport. We'll be seeing you!

Visiting the Colosseo

After visiting the Forum, it was time to check out the Colosseo (Colosseum).  There wasn't nearly as much walking as in the Forum.  The Colosseum would hold between 50,000 to 70,000 people for their entertainment. It had a wooden floor with sand/dirt on top of the floor. (Sounds like what we do for a Rodeo.) I wonder who was the copycat?

Pat & Larry inside the Colosseum
 

Showing  the area where the Gladiators were prior to fighting
 

Shows how the floor is put in place.

Steps from one section to another (entrance & exit)

Area between main section.

Looking at the Forum from inside the Colosseum
 

Visiting the Roman Forum

We spent over 3 hours visiting Foro Romano (Roman Forum).  There is quite a lot to see. I will post additional pictures on Facebook.

Pat inside the Forum

Ruins
 

Heart shaped pool
 

Roman street
 

more ruins
 

Looking at the Colosseum from the Forum

Pat & Larry in the Forum
 

Leaving Sorrento Part II

I didn't get all the pictures I wanted to show on the last entry.  So, let's try again. Before we left, we took a walk to the town and then returned to our hotel for one final goodbye drink.  This is one beautiful place!

You can swim or lay out.  The water is clear & blue!
 

Pool at our hotel.  There are several pools stacked on each other.
 

View of Sorrento from terrace by the pool

Lemon tree
 

Leaving Sorrento

Today was our last day in Sorrento.  We left  Sorrento this afternoon and went back to Rome.  However, we had the morning free, Pat and I did a walking trip in the town. Then back to our hotel for a drink by the pool while we waited for our bus back to Rome. Lemons and Oranges are all over Sorrento. Their trees (especially oranges) line the streets.  They make a drink here (and sell it by the bottle) called Limoncello (sounds like lemon jello with a c instead of a j).  You don't need a full shot of this! It is strong! Here are some pictures and others will be on Facebook.  Just show me as your friend and you can see them, also.

Orange Trees
 

Lemon Trees
 

Limoncello
 

Orange trees on the street
 

Dinner at Capodimonte

Last night my camera took a rest and had to be charged. Here is tonight's dinner with a picture of Sorrento I took  while sitting at our dinner table.

Our Hotel
 

 

First Course
 

First Course
 

Main Course
 

Main Course
 

Dessert
 

 

Sorrento from Dinner Table
 

Sorrento, Capri, Blue Grotto, Anacapri

Yesterday, after leaving Pompeii we went to Sorrento.  Today we left Sorrento and went to Capri, the Blue Grotto and Anacapri (Ana Capri). There is one road on the island of Capri and two towns - Capri and Anacapri. After we docked in Capri we took another boat to the Blue Grotto.  There we got on a smaller boat, only 4 people at a time and went into the Blue Grotto. You must lay down on the boat to get inside. Then returned to Capri and headed for Anacapri for lunch and shopping. Great day and returned to our hotel for a nice dinner.

Grand Hotel Capodimonte- our hotel
 

Sorrento

 

Sorrento

 

Pat & Larry on the way to Capri
 

Inside the Blue Grotto. See the entrance!
 

Capri
 

Anacapri
 

Getting on & off the boat to go into the Blue Grotto
 

Boat coming out of Blue Grotto
 

Anacapri
 

Sorrento from our dinner table at the hotel