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I have slept for 12 hours, I feel much better!
Honey Nut Cheerios for breakfast, a taste of home.
We drive to Pompeii, it’s only about 45 minutes away. As I am now awake, I notice more about Italy as we are driving. The houses tend to be two or more stories tall. The cars are small, apparently a side effect of the high price of gas. Part of this is from the taxes on the gas.
I saw an Italian Pine, and Pliny was right, it does look like a mushroom cloud.
We park at the back of a restaurant and walk to the site, passing a group of multilingual street vendors. I try not to make eye contact.
We are at Pompeii! I have wanted to be here since elementary school, an interest which was only strengthened by Latin class in high School.
ACTUAL ROMANS HAVE WALKED WHERE I AM NOW WALKING. MIND. BLOWN.
We walk the cobbled streets, peer into the empty shops, and wonder through the houses.
I see a ton of mosaics, some lovely frescos and Ancient Roman graffiti. Something surprising was all of the lovely brickwork, my
Bath House
Once a festering den of athlete's foot. Art History textbooks never mentioned that.
I think my favorite section of the city is the Necropolis. I only saw petrified six human bodies and one dog body. Not gonna lie, I was expecting more bodies.
There are also living dogs here. One has taken to following us and be christened ‘Short and Round.’
I also ate pizza, and gelato. It was quite yummy in my tummy.
It is kinda hot, but not humid for being relatively close to the coast. It’s a bit dusty too, my brown Toms now have a layer of Pompeii on them.
We visited the coliseum, two theaters, a bathhouse, a bakery, the necropolis, some temples, a forum and a number of residences.
Enjoy the many pictures!
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