Naples, Pompeii, and back to Rome
May 5th 2015 Today I visited the ruins of Pompeii. This is the reason I came to Naples in the first place. I was up early and caught the local train to Scavi di Pompei, ie the Pompeii Excavations (see picture). I dropped my big backpack at the bag check, bought my ticket, and entered the site. I felt a frisson of excitement to be seeing the things that I have heard about all my life and read about in some deta
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