The chain of volcano islands we went to the 4 eastern ones and hiked Stromboli and Vulcano.
Naples where we caught the night ferry to Stromboli Island. It took about 9 hours for the ferry to go from Naples to Stromboli.
Waiting on the ferry for our cabin assignments.
On deck as we get ready to leave Naples dock.
My cabin.
My bathroom>
The next morning with Stromboli in the background.
There it is as we pull up to the island.
The narrow streets that we went up to get to our one bedroom house.
Our house for the day, kind of cute but small.
A church on the hill of Stromboli.
A map of the island.
Eating lunch before we hike the volcano.
Dinner after we came down, a wonderful eggplant, cheese, and tomato pasta. The sign in the background says Don’t Smoking.
Some beautiful scenery and peaceful Mediterranean sea.
The light house in the background.
Volcanic beach.
On our way up the volcano at last.
Danny peeled a lemon that was very fragrant.
But very sour!
The city from part way up the hill.
Going up!
And up!!!
Our guide and geologist to teach us.
The lighthouse again.
A little rest.
Before we go UP some more!!!
Another little break.
From behind:)
It's getting hot!
This is the side the eruptions come down every 20-30 minutes. The gray is the ash flow.
It got pretty smokey after the eruption.
When we heard the rumble of the volcano I grabbed Carry and said,"look up!" Jeff told us if there was an eruption that we should look out for bolders and bombs from the crater coming out. It was very scary and funny, you just had to be there!
We hired Frank to guide us in a speed boat to the slide side of the island at night so we could see the fire bombs rolling down the mountain and steaming into the sea.
It got really windy and chilly.
The veiw before it got dark.
What an awesome hike. It looked like it was pretty long and hot, though! I would be freaked out if the volcano started rumbling while we were climbing it!
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