We arrive pretty late so giving in to a private transfer.
Eeeek! 
*hastily taking notes!* that all sounds amazing, thank you. That photo is getting me very excited!
Perfect.
Yep weāve factored that into our Pompeii trip 
I love swimming. I hope itās warm enough for it. Which do you think is the best beach?
I want to get on the plane tonight! 
All I can tell you is that I thought Herculaneum was lovely. And it might be smaller but itās still pretty big. At least a few hoursā worth Iād say. I think we visited it from about 17 to 21. Assuming you have a modicum of interest Iād certainly say itās worth it but I should probably add that weāre the kind of people who spend like like half an hour looking at a metro stop in Athens. (Theyāre like miniature archeological museums.)
You might want to try pizza fritta. Now as someone not really into deep-fried things Iād call it closer to something you should try than something Iād truly recommend but you can get chocolate covered orange peel on practically every street corner. 
(At least here in Belgium.)
Come onā¦ you come from the UK. It would be warm enough in February
But I mean, every other ruin Iāve been to was just that ā a ruin. Pompeii is also much more ruinous. Herculaneum is more like a place stuck in time.
We started swimming class in late February or early March and that could be a touch cold sometimes.
(In the Netherlands thatās a regular elementary school thing.)
Haha. Noted 
Googled it and it looks nice.
A fair point
Ooh, thatās a thought - are there any good scuba diving sites? 
Are there any volcanoes you can swim in? I went to a volcano in Germany and that was pretty cool.
Not really vulcanic cones. But Ischia (one of the three islands of the Gulf) is plenty of vulcanic activity. There are thermal (hot and cold ) waters, both in beaches and in thermal parks.
As for Pizza fritta, yes, as Frenzie said, it is a local product. I like it. It is a traditional street-food. In particular I like the āMontanaraā.
As for scuba diving sites: I suggest you Punta Campanella (Capo di Sorrento, see above). It is a protected marine area.
http://www.sorrentodiving.it/en/
Oh, I just meant a dead volcano crater that has a lake in it. Not those fancy Icelandic things. 
Thank you only if you have time though.
Dudeā¦ you need to wash more 
But seriously, that looks lovely. I love swimming in wild places like that (though if youāre friend was cold, Iām betting I would be). Is that tiny Gffp in the photo? 
Thanks, Iāll have a look at that
Great! @PiecesOfKate how many days do you plan to stay in Italy?
@Gffp kudos to you, you are such a perfect touristic guide! 
I was wondering where you were four full days.
He really is!
Always look on the bright side of life! 
Biting the bullet?
Every cloud has a silver lining.
stepping up to the plate and life throwing a curve ball
This one in italian is translated as:
non tutto il male vien per nuocere
Which, literally, means that not all the Evil comes to harm. The sense is that even if all the things seem to go wrong, itās just an impression: if you think positive, youāll see that a certain thing produced good results.
this is my motto. Since when I was born, I think.
I live in the northern region of Italy, Brescia, 100 km east from Milan. 800 km far from Sorrento 
I donāt think I can go there next week, I regret.
But if you meet @gffp I wish a good selfie of you two with a wonderful background!
In Dutch the saying goes something like āafter the rain, thereāll be sunshineā (āna regen komt zonneschijnā ā according to the new spelling, that should be zonnenschijn, but I refuse toā¦)
We also have āieder nadeel heb zen voordeelā (after Kruijf) which means something like āthereās a positive side to every bad thing too, and advantage to every disadvantageā
And of course : āeen ongeluk komt nooit alleenā = misfortunes never travels solo/always comes in pairs. Although that may sound negative, saying this is the first step into putting your bad luck in perspective and accepting it to not be that bad after all. Like when you lock yourself outside and then it starts to rain.
We have the same āle disgrazie non vengono mai da soleā. I love when these sayings have direct correspondences in other languages.
A thing I loved when learning German was the saying they used for āthatās another topicā. āEs sind zwei Paar Schuheā - theyāre two pairs of shoes. I loved it because in Italian we say āĆØ un altro paio di manicheā - thatās another pair of sleeves.
Idem dito in Dutch: ādat is een ander paar mouwenā 
Thatās French, not Dutch. (Belgian-Dutch loan from French.) Dutch is: ādat is andere koek.ā 