Yearly Archives: 2008

After Pompeii and Herculaneum we went to Naples – using our Arte cards which had given us three days of sightseeing and travel – to get to the National Archaeological Museum of Naples, which held all the ‘good stuff’ from … Continue reading →

It seemed to us that modern Herculaneum is covered, like most of what we saw of urban southern Italy, by a lot of graffiti. Kind of liked this street name: And then we found it… And it was amazing that … Continue reading →

Pompeii is a many-faced city. There is tat and moonlight; and a fine basilica… We started off our weekend with an excellent meal at La Madia, where the degustazione menu was too much but too good to stop. Melanzane Parmigiana … Continue reading →

Don’t have my laptop and so unable to download the squillions of photos I took in Pompeii and Herculaneum last weekend… will have to post these retrospectively when I can. Suffice to say we had a delicious time with perfect … Continue reading →

Treated myself to a soothing time at Borough Market today; Thursdays are less fraught than Saturdays, and the weather was fine and the food looking good as ever. Some Spanish cheeses at Brindisi.. Nice sausages, and plenty of them. Tis … Continue reading →