First Day in Italy: Ancient Pomeii

After some wonderful sunny weather in Scotland, having lived in Portugal and not been in proper heat for a few years – we were very ready for arriving in 30 degrees.

Or so we thought.

We flew easyjet with only hand luggage so you know the deal, wear as much as you can, right? That was fine in Scotland at 5am. We stepped of the plane peeling clothes off and cursing our hiking boots pouring in sweat at 11am in Naples.

There were no direct flights from Edinburgh to Catania so we decided to stay one night in Naples and fly to Catania the next day.

Our first impression of the city wasn’t a great one, I wont lie, it looked a total dump. Everything run down, peeling paint the least of anyones worries, windows were caving in!

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