Ischia

As mentioned previously, Allison and I went to Ischia the weekend before last on a spur-of-the-moment change of plans. I mean, hey--it's mentioned in the Aeneid, so that seems classical, right? Here's a snippet on the island from Wikipedia:

Ischia is a volcanic island in the Tyrrhenian Sea, at the northern end of the Gulf of Naples. The roughly trapezoidal island lies 17.5 miles from Naples and measures around 10 km East to West and 7 km North to South with a 34 km coastline and a surface area of 46.3 km2. It is almost entirely mountainous with the highest peak being volcanic Mt. Epomeo at 788 meters: the volcano was active in Classical times [1]. Population: nearly 58.000 people.

Ischia is also the principal city (pop.17,256) of the island, divided into Ischia Ponte and Ischia Porto. Its main industry is tourism, centering on thermal parks that cater mostly to European and Asian tourist clients eager to enjoy the fruits of the island's natural volcanic activity and highly nutritious volcanic soil.

We camped in Ischia Porto. Here is Allison displaying our tickets as we waited to board the boat that was to take us from Molo Beverello (Naples' port) to the island:

After the walk from the port to the campground we ended up at (love my grammar?) (we found out upon arrival that the campground we had planned to use was not open), it was time to set up the sweet tent Aaron got us for the wedding:

Of course, we forgot a hammer to pound in the stakes, so my boot had to suffice. Allison got a nice action shot of the process: