Day 13 the Rhine

Ben found a fun tour for us to go on on our one day in Frankfurt. We met up and got on to a large bus and headed first to a German lunch, we both chose the Schnitzel. Then we got on a ship that cruised up a portion of the Rhine River where there were 10 castles. It was such a gorgeous day. 

I was able to enjoy a piece of Black Forest Cake, one of my favorites.

The tour then took us back to where we had lunch to do a wine tasting. I think most people thought the wine tasting would be at one of the vineyards around the area but no, it was in this dark back room and most everyone was laughing at the strangeness of it.

After we were back Ben and I had dinner at an Indian restaurant down the the street from our hotel. Which happened to be in the red light distract and I was so glad it was an early dinner and it was light outside. But the nasn bread was thé best I’ve ever had.

Then off to bed as we head home in the morning!

 

Day 12 travel to Frankfurt

Our driver picked us up early and knew some amazing fast way to the airport and we were there with lots of time. Waited an hour before our airline even opened their desks to collect luggage. Then we spent an hour in a lounge. This lounge was not as nice as the one we had used before but still very nice to have a comfy seat and a lite snack.

After the short flight we had a little longer wait at the Rome airport lounge. Again not as nice as the others. And quite full. We were lucky to find seats. Then onto our second plane, Rome to Frankfurt.

We were served a meal of sorts on this plane! The flights today were used with points I had gotten on flights in 2017 and 2019 and with a credit card I know longer had. I started looking around for points I might have and was shocked to find I had enough to get first class flights from Naples to Frankfurt and I also used the points for the hotel stay in London!

Coming from dirty grungy historical Naples, Italy and landing in the financial district of Frankfurt, Germany where its clean and the buildings are made mostly of glass is a bit of a culture shock. But I think both Ben and I are happy to be back to civilization. 😁

Day 11 last day Naples

We were treated to breakfast in our room again. I had a giggle over the differences of American and Italian dishes and what we thought we were ordering. I then had decided to rest my foot for a bit. Ben took a long walk along the coast and then when he returned we had lunch at the pizza place we had already enjoyed. Checked out the grocery store and I was shocked at how great there prices are. I don’t have room for any extra but I could have bought a lot of treats.

We then decided to catch a hop on hop off double decker bus. Hoping this would save some walking. We had reservations at 5:00 to see The Veiled Christ at one of the churches. I had been looking forward to this as it was really the only at we were getting in this trip. Our bus hit a protest and wasn’t moving so we got out and walked the last 20 minutes to the church. 

We were not allowed to take any pictures at SanSevero church which is such a shame. I’d love to show you. The church is full of beautiful pieces and the ceiling is painted. But the famous piece is in the center of the room. It’s made from one piece of marble and the covering on the Christ looks so delicate. (Stock photo)

That evening we had dinner at a nearby pasta place and I wished we had just gone back to the pizza place we really liked. 

Day 10 tour

 This morning we got up and were out the door by 7 am and walked down to the port where the cruise ships come in to catch a tour to Sorrento, Almafi coast and Pompeii.

This coast is famous for being beautiful and growing lemons and olives. 

This is not a drive I would ever want to do on our own. Its insane! The roads are so narrow and windy. You can reach your hand out and touch people selling produce on the side of the mountain or cars in the lane next to you. Our van driver was incredible. Never felt unsafe.

Day 9 Napoli

 Our little room in the midst of a Naples “ghetto” has breakfast in the mornings delivered by our hostess. After breakfast we found our way to Herculaneum. It’s a smaller area that was closer to the volcano than Pompeii so things were buried or ruined in a different way. We didn’t have a tour guide and I know that would have helped us understand some of the areas better. Tomorrow at Pompeii we do!

Naples is the birth city of pizza. We have been looking forward to this and it was very very good!

We had plans to go out for gelato in the late evening but it started pouring and we didn’t brave it. The rocks get very slippery here when wet and I’m still not stable enough to trust myself.