Italy Trip - Day 4

Day 4 contained both my favorite and at least activities of the whole trip. First, we took the bus about 4 hours down to Pompeii. Pompeii was hands down my FAVORITE part. It was just so interesting to hear about how they lived 2,000 years ago and how similar things are today. Mt Vesuvius erupted in 79 AD. Our tour guide for Pompeii was Francesco. If I could create a person who embodied all Italian stereotypes from appearance to speech, it was Francesco. Grandma thought he was funny, I thought he was rather annoying. Still, he gave us great information.

View of the unburied city of Pompeii

The amphitheater. That is Francesco with the sunflower umbrella.

This was on a wall. It's stating that a certain politician funded the construction of a roof. Basically, a way to remind people of his importance and to give him credit. Has much changed?

The city is very grid-like and uses the north/south/east/west for its roads. It has a street for the chariots and sidewalks for pedestrians. You'll notice large blocks going across the street. That's a cross walk so pedestrians can walk without getting wet if there's water in the street. The stones are measured for chariots to drive through.

A home, I believe

The name on the home is original.

Inside a home of a wealthy person. I guess it's like their entryway. I noticed most of their walls used to be red.

Wealthy homes had a garden in the middle.

These buildings were stores for shopping much like what you see today.

This was a bakery.

Streetview

I don't think you can see it very well in this picture, but there's a shape on the street in a specific shape which lets men know where the brothels are...

This is inside a brothel. There are pictures on the wall to show the various "options". Pictures were used in case the person couldn't read.

A stone bed inside the brothel.

A real person preserved from the eruption.

This is inside a bath house. They LOVED their baths. The cubbies on the walls are storage lockers.

In the bath houses, they had heated floors.

This is in their main square area outside.

Main square again

Me, again

Grandma in the main square.

After a great tour of Pompeii, we jumped on the bus over to Sorrento. It's a very cute place and they're known for their lemons in this area. The lemons though are very sour so they use them for an alcoholic beverage known as limoncello. I bought some for Scott :)

Scenic view from the bus to Sorrento.

Another scenic view from the bus.

In Sorrento

Street view of Sorrento

In Sorrento, waiting for the boat.

After Sorrento, we took a boat ride to Naples. This was the worst part of the entire trip. Our boat had mechanical issues so we had to take a different boat which lengthened our time on the boat by about an hour. I'm sure the view of the Mediterranean Sea would have been lovely, only Grandma and I couldn't enjoy it because the boat was rocking way too much and we would have been sick. The whole journey we spent inside sleeping through the misery. Once we arrived in Naples, all we did was jump on the bus for a 4 hour drive back to the hotel in Rome. Not too fun. Oh, and something interesting about Naples, don't ever go there! lol. The city is full of unemployed and the crime rate is outrageous. It wasn't too pretty either.  

Pic of Naples from the bus

City of Naples from the bus. Couldn't Naples leave fast enough :)