[stevem]

I may be wrong about this, but I think the Bay of Naples is the result of some ancient caldera eruption. I was in Naples just short of two years ago. You can have my part of that community. Around that visit I spent a day in Pompeii. I could have happily spent a week.

Around those Naples and Pompeii days I spent about a week in Rome. I was in Rome and Naples during my Navy days many a long year ago and always wanted to show my wife just a bit of that part of my life.

The Bay of Naples is such a beautiful place. I wouldn't argue for a second about an opportunity to go back. Still, there isn't much in Naples proper that I would put on my list of places to see. There is so much more in the rest of Italy.

Calderas are fascinating entities. It's inevitable another will blow up one of these days. The misery that will cause. I guess I won't feel bad if I'm not around to see it.

[mewzilla]

In addition to Pompei, there's also Herculaneum and Oplontis. Given those reminders, the only thing I can think is that Neapolitans are incurable optimists.

[blam]

"I was in Rome and Naples during my Navy days many a long year ago..."

Me too. Are they still 'hawking' the cameos on the street there like they were in the early 60's?