Pompeii
June 21st 2011 Ever since I was a little kid, reading my parents' Time Life books on Italy, I've wanted to visit Pompeii. Yesterday, that dream came true.
We hopped a confusing set of trains from Rome and finally got off at a tiny little stop known as Pompei Scavi, then simply walked down a short street to the entrance for the ruins. We paid our fees and entered the gate. We stayed nearly six hours
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