{"id":285,"date":"2024-07-11T11:23:00","date_gmt":"2024-07-11T15:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/50for50tony.me\/?p=285"},"modified":"2024-07-11T11:23:00","modified_gmt":"2024-07-11T15:23:00","slug":"hiking-mount-vesuvius","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tonypanariello.com\/blog\/wordpress\/index.php\/2024\/07\/11\/hiking-mount-vesuvius\/","title":{"rendered":"Hiking Mount Vesuvius"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This was a bucket list item for me. My family is from Torre Del Greco, a small town near Naples and the Volcano is ever present and I&#8217;m fascinated by the history of Pompeii and Herculaneum (well the Roman empire in general &#8211; yes, I do think of them several times a day!) and I&#8217;ve always wanted to climb the volcano and look over the bay of Naples. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This year I finally got my family aligned to go for a visit and it was an amazing week (to be told in another post) but the volcano itself really is omnipresent. Everywhere you look there&#8217;s lava rock and the rich volcanic soil that generate the famous San Marzano tomatoes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We drove up to the summit and found out that you actually need a reservation to hike to the very top. Very disappointing. We tried to get some of the day-of spots but they sold out instantly once they dropped every 10 minutes. After two days of trying to score a ticket to the summit we pivoted and decided to hike the &#8216;River of Lava&#8217; a trail created when the volcano last erupted. It was a winding trail that climbed up the side of the mountain with so many wildflowers and butterflies that it was like were were in another world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the end of the hike through the forest the trail opened up to the river of lava itself &#8211; a vast swath of black lava rock that showed the devastation the volcano brought when it erupted in the 1940s. As I walked along the lava rocks I was surrounded by so many wildflowers it was like out of a painting. I stood at the top of the trail on an outcropping of rock and overlooked the bay of Naples &#8211; and it was one of the most beautiful natural vistas I&#8217;ve ever seen.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tonypanariello.com\/blog\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/2024-05-05_11-59-58_661-1.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-293\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So while I didn&#8217;t get to summit the volcano (next time &#8211; its easier if you reserve in advance and I bet my kids would love it) I still got to hike up the side of this historic volcano and hold 2000 year old lava rocks in my hands and achieve a dream I had for a very long time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-videopress\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"VideoPress Video Player\" aria-label='VideoPress Video Player' width='1140' height='641' src='https:\/\/video.wordpress.com\/embed\/rJdU4eLU?cover=1&amp;preloadContent=metadata&amp;useAverageColor=1&amp;hd=0' frameborder='0' allowfullscreen data-resize-to-parent=\"true\" allow='clipboard-write'><\/iframe><script src='https:\/\/v0.wordpress.com\/js\/next\/videopress-iframe.js?m=1739540970'><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This was a bucket list item for me. 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