Day 323, Pompeii, Italy
For as long as I can remember, Madi has wanted to visit Pompeii. The last few times we have been to Europe, we weren’t in Italy. This time we made it a priority to go South of Rome and get her there. I was expecting a midsize museum with a few ruins outside. Was I wrong. The site is massive. It’s the entire city, complete with amphitheater, city square, bath houses, normal sized and affluent houses.
Here was the entrance.
Fascinating piece of history. You spend your time walking all the streets of the city and going in and out of the buildings that have been restored. They’ve already been excavating this site for hundreds of years, but it will keep generations of excavators busy. We spent a total of 6 hours at Pompeii, but some people do it in two days.
See if you can find her in this photo.
It’s Spring, which meant vibrant light green budding plants and grapevines everywhere, a contrast to the somber setting. The green just popped out from the stark brown walls mount Vesuvias backdrop.
This is the amphitheater. Inside there were red poppies blooming which seemed so symbolic of this place. Inside was a museum in the shape of a wooden pyramid. We got audio guides since there was so much information.
These are from a few of the more affluent homes. The average dwelling was a tiny windowless square. These were not the average dwellings.
These are a couple of the dogs happily living in Pompeii.
This was the square outside the public bath house.
Inside the bath house there were cubbies on each side of the wall to put your towel in.
This is the public area where they held their trials, and some of the statues in this area.
This photo has a lot going on if you look for it. I’m on the left in the reflection taking the photo. Inside the display case are some of the casts replicas of the bodies found here.
This was the main square.
Being perpetually lost in the maze of streets.
More Pompeii.
After we were through we got a pizza to go from this stand that had the largest lemons the size of grapefruit. An interesting day from beginning to end.
