Hottest day since the start today and we decided to go to
Pompeii where there are stone ruins and no shade. Good planning! It did come up cloudy about 2pm and everyone
was hoping for a storm – looks like all the cloud has gone again and the heat
is here to stay for a while. Not sure
where the weather experts are from – we checked two weather sights for next
weeks weather in Roma – one said rain all week, the other said sunny all week. Think we’ll just look out the window in the
morning and make plans from there.
We picked up our laundry today after it had all been
carefully washed, dried and ironed. The
people at the laundry couldn’t speak any English but we worked out there was a
sock missing…isn’t there always? We got
in the car and it was on the floor, bugger.
Went on to Pompeii, fascinating place, we thought it would
be a little town square and a few houses excavated. It is a whole town, with theatres, palaces
with mosaic floors and painted walls, town squares, a brothel and kilometres of
streets full of little houses. Lots of
public areas baths, fountains and temples.
The authorities have stopped excavation at the moment and are in the
process of trying to preserve all that is uncovered to date. Walking the streets of Pompeii was very hot
and we stuck to shade along buildings when we could.
Rounded off the day with a drive around Vesuvius where all
the ash and devastation came from a couple of thousand years ago.
Relaxing siesta at the unit and we’ll be ready for an
afternoon drink soon to wash the Pompeii dust away.
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| It really is a whole city. |
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| Vernon, ruins and Vesuvius - in that order. |
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| The Grande Quadrangle. |
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| The Quadrangle from higher up. |
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| The imposing sight of Vesuvius in the background. |
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| Looking for bodies in downtown Pompeii. |
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| Someones' house circa 79AD. |
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| Looking for shade and a cold drink. |
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| Found a body at last. |
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| Stuck in a room with all the other stuff that's been excavated. |
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| Pregnant woman housed in a glass case. |
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| Crouching man. |
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| The first pizza oven perhaps? |
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| Painted walls. |
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| Statue in Casa del Fauno. It's only about 40 centimetres tall and looks like it is set in a fountain. |
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| Some shade and some green grass in Pompeii. |
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| Hoping for a 'Chevy Chase' moment. Pam made me do it. |
Absolutely amazing. You seem to be doing it all and with great insight and knowledge of each area- I can only presume Pam did all the research for the places you visited. One question- When you go tot he beach Vernon- surely when you take a photo of Pam, you could get beautiful Italian women in the background?
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Thanks Brett, I have considered your suggestion regarding the beach photos. However....each beautiful Italian woman in a bikini seems to be accompanied by at least 2 x six foot Italian men who watch everyone like hawks. If I even pointed the camera in their direction the camera would end up over a cliff and I'm sure they'd then throw me over to look for it. I'm brave but not stupid. I'll work on my technique and get back to you. Wish me luck!!! I'll get Pam to do some more research on that one. Vernon
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