I went to Yellowstone with friends in 1999 and then to Pozzuoli, near Napoli in Italia, with my husband and daughter in 2000. Having found the sulfur springs at Yellowstone beyond delightful, I was excited to find springs mentioned in the Naples guidebook.
My family could not understand why I dragged them on a train ride to Pozzuoli for a visit to a small but beautiful park of ruins near the station, and then a very long walk along a nearly deserted local highway with almost no signage and with the two food stores closed for the 3-hour lunch. However, they forgave me upon arrival at the Solfettare, as they darted in and out of the small caves labeled 145 and 165 (degrees F about 6 feet in from the cave mouth) and watched the steam coming out of the ground near the pathways.
Unlike Yellowstone, which had warning signs everywere, Pozzuoli just had instructions to stay on the path. They didn't tell you not to lean on the walls in the cave or warn you that your sneakers would melt if you wandered into the bubbling mud. I guess either they don't have so many personal injury lawyers over there or they figure if you're too stupid to follow instructions, you'll smarten up pretty fast.
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Date: 2008-08-08 11:12 pm (UTC)My family could not understand why I dragged them on a train ride to Pozzuoli for a visit to a small but beautiful park of ruins near the station, and then a very long walk along a nearly deserted local highway with almost no signage and with the two food stores closed for the 3-hour lunch. However, they forgave me upon arrival at the Solfettare, as they darted in and out of the small caves labeled 145 and 165 (degrees F about 6 feet in from the cave mouth) and watched the steam coming out of the ground near the pathways.
Unlike Yellowstone, which had warning signs everywere, Pozzuoli just had instructions to stay on the path. They didn't tell you not to lean on the walls in the cave or warn you that your sneakers would melt if you wandered into the bubbling mud. I guess either they don't have so many personal injury lawyers over there or they figure if you're too stupid to follow instructions, you'll smarten up pretty fast.