Let's Make Some Art, Dammit

September 29, 2015. The scale of the city - and therefore the devastation - is astonishing. There are stadia, amplitheatres, shops, homes, streets on streets on streets - and people, still caught in the moment their last breath was choked with ash. This is just one minor part of Pompeii, with Vesuvius in the background. It has been an incredible day, but a difficult one - one of my bad teeth has made my life miserable all day. Not as miserable as that day in A.D. 79 - but you know, everthing is perspective. From Flickr http://ift.tt/1h85EfJ

September 28, 2015. Spent the morning with Ruth Kerr from the EMMA project - she showed me some underground Roman and Greek ruins, and the uplifting cult of the dead at the ossuary of Santa Maria delle Anime del Purgatorio ad Arco. We had lunch on the marina and then I spent the afternoon exploring the nooks and crannies of Naples's narrow streets and alleyways. From Flickr http://ift.tt/1KPlqnA

September 27, 2015. A morning ferry ride back to the mainlamnd, and it was goodbye Capri. I took a much-needed nap and went for a short evening walk. From Flickr http://ift.tt/1FB19X2

September 26, 2015. More conferencing and interesting discussions until 2, and then I went exploring, first to the top of the mountain, then all the way down to the Blue Grotto. This is just above the cave and basin, looking the other way, into the waning light. From Flickr http://ift.tt/1P3e5a5

September 25, 2015. Spent the day at the MOOC conference at Anacapri, which is the bigger and less populated half of the Isle of Capri. It's hard to describe, beyond saying it is stereotypically Italian (in a good way). I wandered around a bit after the day's session through busy pedestrian-only streets that wound up and down and around the hills. From Flickr http://ift.tt/1YLzfxE

September 24, 2015. Flew from Frankfurt to Naples this morning, toox a taxi to the hotel, made it on time for the conference opening, and then we all headed across the bay to the Isle of Capri, which greeted us with warm weather and a glorious sunset. Well - warm to me. The locals were in jackets and scarves. From Flickr http://ift.tt/1OzN2Uq

September 23, 2015. As mentioned, arrived in early morning Frankfurt time, and had a 14 hour layover, so I spent the entire day in the city watching the different phases of the day unfold, from the morning breakfast rush to noon-hour relaxation to mid-afternoon strolls and evening meals. Unfortunately, what I did not do is sleep, and as a result I missed my connection and had From Flickr http://ift.tt/1WpvBat