When we arrived in Naples, a driver was waiting to tote us around all day. After discussing the best plan for the day with our personal tour guide, K, our adventure began.
Our first area to explore would be the Amalfi Coast, which is absolutely stunning - the views of the ocean, the cascading flowers, the mountainous terrain, abodes seeming to pop out of nowhere - it was beautiful. I'm so thankful a local from the area was driving and not us. The back and forth motions of the roads, climbing up and down the land, would have been more than nerve racking for us to navigate.Can you see the rock formation that looks like a picture? I'll let you guess what it is.
In the city of Amalfi, we stopped for a shopping break and a taste of the world famous gelati. It's actually a tad bit different than ice cream, but I can't pinpoint how. K thinks it's the best in the world...I'd have to agree!
No, I'm not eating 2 cones. I'm holding one for my sweet husband taking the picture.
R had his sprinkled with Fruit Loops.
Here's the stand we bought it from (above).
How cute are little girls putting their tiny arms around their daddies?
Freshly made lemonade was a treat (we thought, but it ended up being shockingly sour). We had to dump way too much sugar in!This was the view from the restaurant where the servers were waiting when we arrived thanks to our driver who called ahead. The views were breathtaking, but for some reason the camera didn't quite capture the beauty as I thought it would.
Driving along the Amalfi Coast.
In many of the views, I thought vineyards were all around, but later learned many areas contained olives, lemons, oranges, and grapefruit instead. These huge fruits behind R were lemons instead of grapefruit according to our driver.
The volcano, Mt. Vesuvius, destroyed the city of Pompeii in 79 AD, burying the ancient city with ashes and rocks. Impressive is how advanced the city actually was during the time - complete with baths, mosaics, paintings, a produce market, a bakery, theatres, even a snack joint. Parts are still being excavated today.
Meandering through the streets, we found this forum with the volcano in the background.
The crazy part to this story is that people were just having a normal day when the volcano erupted. People were literally stopped in their tracks.
Driving along the Amalfi Coast.
In many of the views, I thought vineyards were all around, but later learned many areas contained olives, lemons, oranges, and grapefruit instead. These huge fruits behind R were lemons instead of grapefruit according to our driver.
The volcano, Mt. Vesuvius, destroyed the city of Pompeii in 79 AD, burying the ancient city with ashes and rocks. Impressive is how advanced the city actually was during the time - complete with baths, mosaics, paintings, a produce market, a bakery, theatres, even a snack joint. Parts are still being excavated today.
Meandering through the streets, we found this forum with the volcano in the background.
The crazy part to this story is that people were just having a normal day when the volcano erupted. People were literally stopped in their tracks.This is the point where R started becoming REALLY intrigued by the whole story! This is a plaster cast of one of the victims with actual artifacts found by excavators.
This is just a street in the city. All of the brick pillars marked individual houses.
Here are more housing areas along the small street with stones in the middle. These entertained my kids by allowing them to hop across to the other sidewalk - especially since it was one HOT day! 
This is right as we were leaving, looking at the city walls.
I'm so thankful the kids could see this miraculous archaeological find.
This is just a street in the city. All of the brick pillars marked individual houses.
Here are more housing areas along the small street with stones in the middle. These entertained my kids by allowing them to hop across to the other sidewalk - especially since it was one HOT day! 
This is right as we were leaving, looking at the city walls.
I'm so thankful the kids could see this miraculous archaeological find.
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