Up Pompeii

Hello everyone, hope all is well in your worlds-  have been spending much of the last couple of days visiting the amazing sites of Herculaneum and Pompeii with a side trip to a little known Roman villa on the outskirts of Pompeii called Oplontis – worth a visit if you are in the area as it has some wonderful frescoes.
Am camped on a site just opposite one of the entrances to Pompeii –Spartacus camping- ( could have had Zeus or Apollo – getting the picture?) and its a lovely little place with a plunge pool and little shop, downside is it has the hungriest mosquitoes I have come across on my trip!

Decided to see what modern Pompeii has to offer last evening so went off with Kye around 7pm and came upon a large square with fountains and large church complete with high bell tower with angels on each corner, also a couple of nice restaurants so had a very nice supper. Just about to leave when  3 American ladies came along to the next table, all dog mad- next thing Kye and I were happily ensconced, me with large glass of red wine.
 And what a good evening we had! I am proud to announce that we formed the international branch of the Montesano Dog Club, based in Alabama, I’m looking forward to receiving details of our first convention. My heartfelt thanks to Constance, Pollie and Elizabeth for a great evening and wish you all well.

So on the move today, back up to the Puglia region to a part that I missed last time the Gargano National Park and just a couple of hours north of Bari in preparation for the ferry on Sat night.

So, bye for now
Jane