Buon Ferragosto!

August 15th is Ferragosto in Italy, the day when Roman Catholics believe the Virgin Mary is supposed to have ascended to heaven, and a major Italian holiday.

We joined Gianni and Consiglia for a cruise to Positano to watch the fireworks... fantastic! We left Naples around 9 pm had dinner on the boat, all seafood of course, and watched the fireworks from the boat at midnightish. It was a late night (or early morning...) but how fun!

Positano by daylight

And this is obviously by night from the boat...too much movement to get a clear shot, but I think this looks kind of neat...

At the Porto di Napoli (Port of Naples) in front of the Castel Nuovo (New Castle) waiting to board our boat.

Gianni, Stu and Consiglia

Mt. Vesuvius looming in the background

This is our boat...

I guess the Fire Department ran out of money...the sign is hand painted!

Ferragosto is, next to Christmas, Easter and New Years, probably the most important holiday in Italy. Practically the entire country shuts down on August 15 to celebrate, but of course most of the country is already in shut-down mode, many Italians take the entire month of August off anyway.

I guess I need to do some homework on how to download and get the video's to work....AAAArggh!