Naples for 3 nights.

The train to Naples took only an hour and a half.

I wanted to go here because during the war my father spent some time in the area and helped with the evacuation when Vesuvius erupted in 1944.

We were in another nice hotel, but Naples was a bit scruffy with rubbish piled up in the street and a lot of grafitti.

We had a trip out to Pompeii - here with Vesuvius behind - and it was most impressive. It was much bigger and better preserved than I expected. Most of the statues and mosaics were now in Naples and we saw them the next day,
We climbed up to the edge of the crater of Vesuvius - but it was only a half hour from a car park almost at the top. Good views over Naples and out to Capri.
This was the mosaic of Alexander the Great found in Pompeii. All the treasures were the more special for being well displayed, incredibly bright & ornate AND 2000 years old.