The ruins of Pompeii are quite detailed and in excellent shape. The city was covered by 21 feet of ash in 79 AD which did a remarkable job of preserving the buildings except for the roofs which caved in. Check out this street on the right to see what good shape things are in.
The bottom left picture shows the oven from a bakery; it looks almost ready to be fired up and used... pizza, anyone? One unusual feature is that while excavating, they found a few hollow spaces which they filled with plaster. After the plaster solidified, they dug it out and discovered if had formed the outline of someone who was covered by the ash. In this case, a mule driver who was trying to shield his mouth from the ash and gasses.
Overall we had a very good and interesting excursion to Pompeii!
We had a nice surprise this morning when we saw the NCL Spirit was docked next to us. For the past two years we've been reading the travel blog of a person who is currently on that ship. It was neat to find we were that close. Later we noticed that our favorite Princess ship, Pacific Princess, was also in Naples today. It was great seeing her again.
Now time for dinner and final suitcase packing. That 4:30 am alarm is going to go off rather early tomorrow!
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An amazing holiday Bill , thanks for the blogs , loved seeing what you both did on your holiday . Pat
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