“…when the sun burst through the morning mists and fired this tinted magnificence, it topped imperial Vesuvius like a jeweled crown!” , Mark Twain – The Innocents Abroad
In 1976 I visited Sorrento in Italy. The currency was the Lira and the notes were so worthless (I seem to remember that the smallest denomination was 1,000) that it was normal practice for shops to give change in the form of a postcard.
One day I went to Mount Vesuvius and came back with these to add to my collection.
My personal favourite…
Have Bag, Will Travel 
Did it require carrying your money in a suitcase?
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For a couple of weeks back then I was a millionaire!
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Ha ha! Lucky you! 😀
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It’s a real regret that I didn’t make it up Vesuvius, Andrew. 😦 😦
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Vesuvius looks close from Naples but from the top you appreciate just how close. If that things goes off…
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I was once into postcards, have from 76 countries over 4K of them. Then got into photography:blogging, and stop collecting a few years back. Still have the collection of old thus. As to volcanos I prefer the Teide in my Tenerife ::) Cheers
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I went to the top of Teide in 1989…
That is an impressive collection of postcards. I have never counted mine, they are kept in a shoe box!
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Great sacre mountain of us guanches teide means mountain of fire !!!
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I have my post cards in albums by regions of the world 😁
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That is what I call being organised!
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My daughter said that the fumes were dreadful for her asthma. She rang me from the top and I shall never forget that moment…a real triumph for modern technology!
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I remember it being rather smoky and acrid. Good place to visit but I would be forever nervous if I lived in Naples!
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Gorgeous!
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You must have an amazing postcard collection. How I wish I’d kept all mine.
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I have too many now, Kim says please no more!
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Very impressive! In some of the photos it looks like something from a science fiction movie.
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It is well worth the climb to the top!
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