Vesuvuis, Pompei and a day of trains

I'm currently in Perugia which is the largest down in region of Umbria. It's a nice little town which can be walked around in about half an hour and a lot more relaxed than Naples, I really like the place, apparently its set to be the European culture capital in 2019, I can believe it! A bit of a recap then since my last entry, Monday did indeed consist of Pompei and Vesuvius. Both were well worth it, like the Colosseum the history surrounding Pompei blew me away the pictures I've took could never do it justice and I'd recommend it to anyone, whether you're into history or not! The views from Vesuvius were incredible, you could literally see the whole of Naples and there really isn't anything like being near the top of a volcano that could blow at any moment! After all that I left Naples the next day to come here and it took forever, 3 trains and around 8 hours and all I did when I arrived was spent another 2 hours in this internet cafe getting the pictures of the trip so far on facebook. Today however has been a different matter, I had a proper look round the town and then discovered the mini metro which is a fantastic cable car/roller coaster which takes you from the centre of Perugia back to the train station, honestly I have never seen anything quite like it! I had decided to get a train to Lago Trasimeno nearby which was supposed to have some great hiking. Unfortunatly when I arrived all I could see was a dead end town on the edge of a lake, I wandered around and eventually found a ferry service to Isola Maggiore which I had never heard of but I had nothing else to do so I took it and it turned out to be a great little island with local restaurants, churches and some great walking trails, yet again a day that promised very little has delivered a lot. Tomorrow is Florence which I am very excited about, I have 3 nights there and then it's Pisa for the leaning tower and all that jazz. I'm starting to get fairly settled with the trip in general, I think the fact that I am taking my time and accepting that I cannot see everything is helping on a trip this length you probably do need to pace yourself! Also I'm really enjoying Italy so far, almost can't believe I've never made the effort to come here before! Missing everyone at home, hope you're keeping well Chris x