Day in Pompeii

On Wednesday, we got up and left early for Naples, then caught a commuter train to Pompeii (overall about 3 hours). We were a little nervous because we had heard so many bad things about this area as far as gypsies who steal and pick-pockets. We did see some gypsies, but no pick-pockets. We also arrived and returned with no problem.

Pompeii truly was amazing! We had no idea as to how big it was. We knew it was a city, but didn't realize that much of this city had been recovered. We were expecting something like Indian ruins we see in Arizona, but we walked and walked and still didn't cover everything there was to see in Pompeii. I took pictures of Mount Vesuvius and thought about my kids building their own Mount Vesuvius in the sandbox at school. (cute, huh?)




Exploring Pompeii took hours. We were especially blessed with a nice breeze from the ocean nearby that helped keep us a little cooler. Although the dust pretty much covered us by the end. We really began to look Roman. There were a few houses that had mosaics still and much of the paintings on the walls still intact. We were in awe as to how much of the city was their available for you to walk through! Some of the areas were closed, but way too much for us to cover in the time we had.

Time in Roma

Hi there everyone! So we finally got to Rome on Monday. IT was so HOT! How hot, lets put it this way, it was so hot the sun was looking for shade. Barbie and I each took 3 cold showers during the night just so we could get some sleep. The overnight train from Paris to Rome allowed us to sleep, good thing because we would have been exhausted. We got to Rome late because we were stopped outside of Tuscany. I guess they had some kind of Police demonstration and we were stopped for a good 2 hours!

First day in Rome, we went walking by the Colosseum and the Roman Forum, because of our late arrival we decided to wait to pay to go into anything. The Roman Forum was amazing and we followed our Rick Steve's guided tour to help us understand what things were. We did however go by the Trevi Fountain and the Pantheon that night.

The next day we got up early and went to the Vatican City. We walked through St. Peter's Basilica. It was awe-inspiring as to how big it really was inside. They had many crypts of past leaders of the church to view. From there, we went back to the Colosseum. Because we bought a $20 euro Roma Pass, we were able to skip the line and get right into the Colosseum. WOW !Good choice! Chris says it was breathtaking for him. Although he did not have an espresso (who would want one in this heat) we still have the picture of him with his back against the Colosseum. (dream for him come true). :)



I got an audiotour so I could get an idea of all that went on. My history lessons came from Gladiator (thank goodness for Hollywood). Wow, what a big and exhausting day!