Tourn a Sorrento

Greetinga from Sorrento on the beautiful Amalfi Coast of Italy. This is what Europe is all about! Beautiful city- amazing scenery - great wine and food. The city is decorated for Christmas and the people come out to walk the streets in the evening. On the way to supper we stopped in the main square to watch an honest to God Punch and Judy show!! the third photo shows the road we had to follow to get here. makes the Cabot Trail look a little tame.

Doc Campbell Moment:
On the way to Sorrento we stopped at Pompeii. Here is a shot of me at the Forum. The second photo is a plaster cast of one of the victims of the eruption - please see page 345 of your Grade 10 History text for a copy of this picture.
The city is immense with only a tiny portion excavated but that portion is amazing. The state of developemnt - running water, sewer system, shops, restaurants etc is mind boggling. The guide told us about the city's obsession with sex and the number of pleasure houses that were available to address it. I will post some photos when the kids are asleep.


We passed Montecasio on the way. This was especially poingnant for Debby as her father served in this area during the war. The CB Highlanders were close to here during the famous battle in February 1944. They were withdrawn from Italy after D-Day and redeployed to Holland. Hennie was wounded in Italy and was sent to England . He rejoined the batallion in Holland where he was again wounded.

Here is a shot of Debby, God love here, doing one of her favourite things, laundry!

More fun with Americans:
Guide - "WE are now travelling on an original Roman road."
Amer. - "My goodness, the asphalt has held up well."