efterårsferien = autumn break

Historically the autumn break week off school was for school children to help with the potato harvest. It was really great this fall to enjoy "half-term" as it is called in the UK. We booked our flights relatively late (due to transatlantic relocation) so our choice of destination was determined by availability, and direct flights from Copenhagen .... so off to Rome we headed!

On arrival into Rome we drove southwards. The highlights were an afternoon at a relatively empty Herculaneum - the fishing village buried in mud during the eruption of Vesuvius AD 79 - and a long day at Pompeii - which had plenty of other tourists visitors - but is so vast they are still excavating part of the site.

HERCULANEUM

 

POMPEII

We were spoiled during our five day Italian trip: 24C (75F) sunshine, and crystal blue skies. It was such a joy to be able to take a short flight and be in a completely contrasting culture without changing time zones. To see our teenage children riding the Rome metro and negotiating that marvelously hectic and busy city so competently made us realize the extent of their new found city living confidence after barely three months in Denmark.