After Venice, we spent a night in Rome and then went to visit some friends in Naples...
Herculaneum was a resort town that was destroyed at the same time as Pompeii with the explosion of Vesuvius. It was buried under a lot of lava. Apartment buildings are built on and around the dig for the ruins.
Meg and I heading down to the ruins
Some cool old columns
I dropped my map and a whole bunch of tour groups laughed at me as I dug it out... Americans, French, and Brits.
The frescos were incredible, considering they were over 2000 years old!
Poppies among the ruins
Moi! In front of the old city. It looks like I could squish those people with my thumb if I wanted!
The beautiful like that Dante claimed is the gateway to hell, thanks to the sulfer and heat that killed all the birds in his day.
With Debbie, our delighful hostess, at one of the most beautiful scenes in Italy!
And then you have the trash... which was FINALLY being cleaned up in parts of Naples while we were here!
Very typical scene in downtown Naples... the Italian city were people just keep building up!
Meg in the Piazza di Publicito
both of us in the Public Piazza.
The medieval castle that was built around an old Roman structure
Debbie and Steve, the people who gracious let us crash in their spare room!
Herculaneum was a resort town that was destroyed at the same time as Pompeii with the explosion of Vesuvius. It was buried under a lot of lava. Apartment buildings are built on and around the dig for the ruins.
Meg and I heading down to the ruins
Some cool old columns
I dropped my map and a whole bunch of tour groups laughed at me as I dug it out... Americans, French, and Brits.
The frescos were incredible, considering they were over 2000 years old!
Poppies among the ruins
Moi! In front of the old city. It looks like I could squish those people with my thumb if I wanted!
The beautiful like that Dante claimed is the gateway to hell, thanks to the sulfer and heat that killed all the birds in his day.
With Debbie, our delighful hostess, at one of the most beautiful scenes in Italy!
And then you have the trash... which was FINALLY being cleaned up in parts of Naples while we were here!
Very typical scene in downtown Naples... the Italian city were people just keep building up!
Meg in the Piazza di Publicito
both of us in the Public Piazza.
The medieval castle that was built around an old Roman structure
Debbie and Steve, the people who gracious let us crash in their spare room!
