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Cuma and Baia

Pozzuoli, where I’m staying with Eddie and Laura, is one of the urban centers of the original Greek settlement in this area, going back to the 8th century BC. The first colonists from Greece that arrived here settled in Cuma. Here’s a map to give you an idea of where we are.

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Cause and Effect

Made it up to the top of the infamous Mt. Vesuvius, the same volcano that destroyed Pompeii and Herculaneum back in 79 A.D. Talk about your ultimate burps! Earth just lets it out and poof! In minutes amazing cities full of life, beauty, art, and so much more are buried in tons of ash and […]

Pozzuoli

Staying with Eddie and Laura in Pozzuoli, a town that’s a half hour northwest of Napoli, through tunnels by train or bus. On Friday we spent a lazy day wandering around, checking out the ubiquituous ruins that are everywhere here in this part of the world. First we got some food and had […]