{"id":1844,"date":"2017-07-03T00:40:37","date_gmt":"2017-07-02T23:40:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.globaldimension.com\/2017\/07\/1966-alfa-romeo-giulia-vesuvius-pompeii\/"},"modified":"2017-07-03T00:40:37","modified_gmt":"2017-07-02T23:40:37","slug":"1966-alfa-romeo-giulia-vesuvius-pompeii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.globaldimension.com\/th\/1966-alfa-romeo-giulia-vesuvius-pompeii\/","title":{"rendered":"1966 Alfa Romeo Giulia – Vesuvius and Pompeii"},"content":{"rendered":"

We do a lot in one day. Too much. Today, the adventure is first Pompeii, and then Vesuvius.<\/p>\n

Before we get too deep into this trip, the other parts of this journey are here:
\n1966 Alfa Romeo – Road Trip<\/a><\/strong><\/em>
\n 1966 Alfa Romeo – Vesuvius and Pomepii<\/em><\/a><\/strong>
\n1966 Alfa Romeo – Perugia<\/a><\/strong><\/em>
\n1966 Alfa Romeo – Pisa & Manarola<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Oops. \u00a0We just missed the Pompeii exit, so now we will do Vesuvius and then Pompeii!\u00a0 Do we look like we care?<\/p>\n

\"Happy

Happy days, on our way to Vesuvius<\/p><\/div>\n

We stopped along the way for pictures with the Alfa Romeo.\u00a0 Aey made a tiny little movie, it looks like it came from the 1960s.\u00a0 Aey took the first photo, and then Jake took a photo of Aey taking a picture of me.\u00a0 Love that little guy.<\/p>\n

\"Jake

Jake and dad with the Alfa Romeo.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Aey

Aey taking a picture of the Alfa Romeo and dad<\/p><\/div>\n

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When you get close to Vesuvius National Park, you need to park the car.\u00a0 There is no parking lot, except for a very long line of cars parked alongside the road and this curbside parking is managed by the National Park employees. The great news was they all seemed to have grown up with Alfa Romeo Giulias when they were kids, so we got the very first spot. It literally saved us 2 kilometres (1.5 miles) of walking. They were all asking permission to take their photo with the car.<\/p>\n

\"The

The Vesuvius Parking Crew. We got spot #1.<\/p><\/div>\n

Vesuvius was much better than I expected.\u00a0 In fact, it was spectacular, and we really loved it.\u00a0 The climb was \u2018easy\u2019, literally anyone can do it, if you just take your time. \u00a0\u00a0The trail is very dusty. There are 3 stations along the way, that sell water, ice cream and tourist stuff.\u00a0 I highly recommend Vesuvius to everyone.\u00a0 You buy some tickets, and just start walking.<\/p>\n

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\"We

We walked from #2 to #4. With a view of the Mediterranean the entire time.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"This

This is the start of the Vesuvius trail.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"3

3 beauties: Aey, Jake and Vesuvius.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Jake

Jake loved it, we talked a lot of geology.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"We

We are now at the top – very misty from the clouds, and quite cool.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Vesuvius

Vesuvius and Pompeii below. Wow.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Vesuvius

Vesuvius Trail, it was so beautiful everywhere.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"The

The Vesuvius trail is very dusty. These brushes are at the end of the trail.<\/p><\/div>\n

I reset my phone so I could measure how many steps it takes to go up and down Vesuvius, and it is 8563 and 2.6 miles (4.2km).\u00a0 What was surprising is that we climbed 34 floors.<\/p>\n

\"Interesting

Interesting to see how many steps\/floors it takes to climb Vesuvius.<\/p><\/div>\n

It was already 14:00 (2 PM) when we finished Vesuvius, so we needed to run over to Pompeii.\u00a0 It is only a 20-minute drive. \u00a0We needed to get moving!<\/p>\n

Pompeii was every bit as great as we thought it would be.\u00a0 To see the artwork, the architecture, the plumbing and their relatively modern life was something I always read about as a kid, but now got to experience it firsthand. \u00a0\u00a0We did not take very many pictures, as I think we were just dazed by the scale and beauty, along with the heat.\u00a0 Please enjoy what we saw.<\/p>\n

\"Pompeii

Pompeii was really mind blowing.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Pompeii

Pompeii is very big. Endless alleys to get lost in.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Pompeii

Pompeii goofy smile. Yes, everyone is commanded to smile!<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Jake

Jake took a lot of photos of this bronze statue.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Mom

Mom And Dad at Pompeii<\/p><\/div>\n

Did I mention the car had a minor break down?\u00a0 Oh yeah, the roads in Pompeii are so rough, that a 50-year-old tie rod end finally said it wanted to die, and broke on me. I drove the car rattling down the road to our hotel in Sorrento. \u00a0I got online, googled ‘Alfa Romeo classic cars Sorrento<\/em><\/strong>‘ and found\u00a0The Spider Lifestyle<\/a>. \u00a0I called the number at 19:00 (7 PM) and a very nice man answered and helped me immeasurably. \u00a0His name was Sergio, and he quickly connected me with his 2 favourite mechanics. \u00a0In the morning, I was on the closest mechanics door at 08:00 (8 AM). \u00a0I had to do a little begging to make him drop everything. \u00a0He did not have the spares with him, so he got on his Vespa and went away for a good 1.5 hours and came back with the perfect replacement part. \u00a0By 11:30 I was back in action. \u00a0We were supposed to have an easy travel day to Perugia, but the morning was consumed with car things, so we needed to rush a bit. Here are some photos of Allesandro’s shop, and the car on the lift.<\/p>\n

\"Just

Just exactly what I needed – someone to repair a 50-year-old Alfa Romeo<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Alfa

Alfa Romeo diagnosed by Alessandro<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Allesandro's

Allesandro’s buddies hang out all day.<\/p><\/div>\n

I do hope you enjoyed this part of the trip.\u00a0 It certainly fulfilled a lifetime dream of mine and I am glad I could share it with my wife and boy.<\/p>\n

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