Though we were supposed to go wine tasting and ride horses today after a visit to the Greek Ruins at Paestum, our progress was halted at the tunnel out of the Sorrentine peninsula by strikers on the other side. The strike was taking place at the shipyards, a major employer on the peninsula, because of austerity measured being imposed my the Italian government. The workers were not impressed.

Our tour guide, Paolo, did his best to figure out what to do, and what we got was Paolo’s tour of the peninsula, where we saw the places he would show people who cam to visit him. It wasn’t what we expected, but it was a great day.

This photo of Stan was taken while we were trying to figure out what came next. The wait did involved gelato. It makes more things go more smoothly.

This is the beach that Paolo said he brought folks who came to visit him. It was a little cool for swimming, but it was pretty.