Naples is a town that you can do in a day, but there is a lot to see, and I wished I would have spent a second day to take a day trip to Pompeii. I do not know what I was thinking! I was in Naples, I knew that it was close to Vesuvius and Pompeii, perhaps the most famous volcanic eruption in history, and I did not make the time to go and see the incredible sight; when will I get the opportunity next?! Oh well, I did get to see a lot of Naples, from the Duomo, t...

Rome is very much a city in ruins. It is a great city, but what an unfortunate thing is war, to destroy so much of the grandeur of Rome. I am guessing that many of the ruins are from when the western Roman Empire fell in the 600 or 700s. This is a much different city than Paris; where in Paris, everything is largely preserved, but pretty much everything you see is only 200 years old (thanks to the remodeling of Napoleon III), in Rome, all of the major sights are ...

Wow, August is not the best time to travel… and boy, did I bring the wrong clothes to come to Europe… I brought thick polos and tshirts, and specifically turned down bringing my track singlets, the thin vnecks and wifebeaters… what a crucial mistake… anyway, I must recount my happenings in Venice. Venice is a lovely city in many ways, but it is definitely a tourist attraction that can be done in one day. The first day, I saw all of the sights...