P3 Day 10 of 25 - Wednesday, September 27, 2011 – Sorrento- Herculaneum

Day 10: Herculaneum / Music in the Neapolitan Tradition

Breakfast: Buffet breakfast at hotel.

Morning: Coach to and guided visit of Herculaneum, an upscale town destroyed by mud flows unlike Pompeii, which was buried by ash in 79 CE. The excavated Villa of the Papyri was the inspiration for the Getty Museum in Malibu, California.

Lunch: Lunch on your own.

Afternoon: A musicologist, Michael Summers, expounds on the Neapolitan music tradition, complete with recordings

Dinner: Dinner at the hotel.

Google search:  Herculaneum Italy

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herculaneum

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Vesuvius

Today's photos  https://picasaweb.google.com/magwheel44/P3Day10Of25

Days 1 to 11 @   https://picasaweb.google.com/magwheel44/P32011ItalyIstanbulDays1To11Of25

Days 12 to 21 @   https://picasaweb.google.com/magwheel44/P32011ItalyIstanbulDays12To21Of25 

Days 22 to 25+ @  https://picasaweb.google.com/magwheel44/P32011ItalyIstanbulDays22To25


See Day 11 @ http://pizza-and-popes-2011.blogspot.com/2011/11/p3-day-11-of-25-thursday-september-29.html

Enjoy each day is it were... the best! Marion & Carol