Haze
Can you see it? The psi reading is 95 at the moment. On the brink of unhealthy. This is the narrow road on which I live. Same road where my neighbour's cat was found in the drain (left side of the road on the otherside of our wall) knocked down by a speedy, heartless person probably living on this same road.
How to exercise in this haze? It's even invading the house. All this is making me really, really appreciate clear, blue skies.

Pompei & Vesuvius
Walking about in the archeological ruins of Pompei & Herculaneum was the trip highlight for me. They're so well preserved because of Vesuvius' angry eruption 2000 years ago. It was like being time-warped back. We inspected many houses of the people who lived back then. Some of those 2 millenia old mosaic decorated floors look better than my 10 yr old terracotta tiles. The attractiveness of the courtyard house with the bedrooms looking into the indoor garden & water feature welcoming guests as they enter the house is timeless.

Capri
Yes, it was truly breathtaking. Abandoning the boys & my myriad of committments for a week to play the 'good wife' was lovely. There's a popular antipasti the Italians enjoy which we ate just about everyday. It's a big ball (about the size of a football) of fresh mozarella that is usually served with sliced tomatoes. You cut away what you want to eat. Was beginning to think that with all that mozarella in me, I was beginning to resemble the food itself. You'd have to see it to know I mean.