Napoli

Hey all,

Well, I've made it to Naples. Tomorrow I am off to the top of Mount Versuvious (sp?), and to the ruins of Pompei. The day after it's Hereculeum (again sp?).

Getting a hostel today was a bit of a problem. I have been leaving the bookings until the last minute, so I couldn't find anything online. I just came here anyways, and called "Hostel the Sun" which was recommended to me by a fellow traveler. Luckily they had some room, because this is a great hostel. They have a DVD player and a collection of movies for the evening, decent computers for internet, a well equiped kitchen, a very helpful staff, and a great location.

I'm going to see some of the in-town sights here in Napoli today. I hear there are not so many, but that's OK, because there are plenty of day trips from here.

Last night in Rome we had an amazing lightning storm, and I have some gorgeous shots. I'm sure anyone who has ever tried to photograph lightning knows how difficulty it can be, and that a brute force method is almost the only way to do it. I put my camera on a lower quality so it could shoot faster, but it into sequence shot mode, and just held the shutter button down for 700 shots, while the camera was mounted on a tripod pointing at the sky. Out of 700 shots, I got about ten good ones, and only two or three fantastic shots. See below for the best of the best!

Later.


These are in their original size. Could take a while if you are on dialup.