You get off the train and instantly people are like, I'll drive you to Mount Vesuvius! Buy this audio tour! Here's a map! Etc etc. We were wheeled and dealed a little bit in getting to Mt. V, but the options were few on the day we went. We figured a few extra bucks was worth it though, it's not every day you get to walk around Mount Vesuvius. And Mercedes taxi's are very comfortable. Whatever.
The city of Pompeii was incredible. I had no idea the site was going to be that gigantic! It really is an entire city you can walk around! That was really cool. You got such a really good idea of people's lives, and it was pretty wild to think about all the people living in this complex and exciting society thousands of year ago. It was then even more wild to think about them all getting wiped out by this volcano.
In the end we were SO happy we'd decided to cut our losses, skip the Greek islands, and add Naples/Pompeii to our itinerary. There were some definite highlights from these cities that previously weren't a part of our plan!
View from the top of Mt. V.
The crater!
The crater II.
Hi.
Clayton still exists. We still kinna look like siblings.
Weird.
Finally, some Pompeii bodies!
So wild.
Hanging in a courtyard. An ancient courtyard.
Drinking from a water fountain. An ancient water fountain.
Cool doorway type thing to a tree lined road to a coliseum.
Fancy counters at an ancient fancy restaurant.
I was so impressed by the art and designs that had lasted through both thousands of years and a VOLCANO.
Walking around Pompeii was crazy. The grounds are gigantic and so many things are still totally in tact.
Living big.
Lovely.
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