A TRIP TO ITALY
Peter, Janet and Caroline landed in Rome on Sept. 19, 2001
They stayed in Italy for 8 days.
We visited Castelgrande, the Royal Palace and the Park of Caserta, Naples and the National Museum, Pompei, Erchulanum, the Vesuvius, Paestum, the Amalfi Coast and the Sorrento Paeninsula, Rome.
We ate prosciutto and mozzarella, parmigiano and caciocavallo cheese, pasta, pizza and many other foods, and drank many types of wine.
Peter with my brother-in-law Alfredo and with me. Caroline at the computer.
On the wall the pictures of our ancestors.
From Caserta it's possible to see the Vesuvius
The huge dark building is the Royal Palace of Caserta.
The King of Naples used to spend some months of the year in the Royal Palace of Caserta.
The big stairs for the royal apartments. They continue on the right and on the left.
.............................................The Royal Park
Janet and Caroline near the fountain of the Falls (the sculptures represent the legend of Diana and Atteone).
On the hills near Caserta there is an ancient village, Caserta Vecchia, about 1000 years old, with a wonderful Cathedral built in a Gothic Style.
Picture in the square of the Cathedral.
............ ..... . . ... ....... .. . .... . .....Caroline is climbing the Vesuvius
Taking a picture of the crater of the vulcan.
....... .. .. . . . . . ....Caroline at the excavations of Pompei
Janet and her father at Pompei
My wife Olimpia, my son Francesco and Caroline near one of the wonderful greek temples of Paestum
Here we are in Castelgrande!
......Two cousins in the country of their ancestors
The palace is in the heart of the historical center
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......... ......... ........ . ......... ........ .............We are arriving!
Let's open the portale!
.....................................The internal yard
On the balcony
...........An old Fiat 500 parked on a street
The Royal Palace of Naples
The Fountain of Trevi, Rome. Throw a coin in the Fountain and you'll come back to Rome.....
............so....
.....GOODBYE
ITALY!
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