Are You Ready For Your Dream Vacation? Final
Pompeii
Mount Vesuvius
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By: Mary McCandless Story Photography
Artifacts
his month I am sharing the final leg of our trip, Pompeii. As you learned from part two in the April issue, we saw all the sites of Rome. Our travel package also included a day trip to Naples and Pompeii. The morning of this trip was early. We had to be at the tour office at seven am, so we headed out about six thirty. The tour office was close to our hotel so it was a short walk. We had a small comfortable bus with about twenty-five people. The first leg of the tour took us to the port of Naples where we could view the city and bay area. We then boarded and headed to Pompeii where we had our five-course Italian lunch and headed over to the ruins. Pompeii is situated atop a hill with Mt. Vesuvius dominating the scenery. One can only imagine what the people of this city thought when they heard the first rumbles of the volcano. Mt. Vesuvius erupted in 79AD destroyed, Pompeii, Herculaneum and other villas in the surrounding area. Mount Vesuvius strewn ash that was about 15 feet deep, and It engulfed the city, with its intense heat it killing every person and animal in its path. In 1748, excavation began at Pompeii, which revealed remnants of the city that was preserved because of the deep ash keeping air and water from its remains. Our trip allowed us to tour a quarter of the city. To view the city in its entirety would take about a week. We did, however, get to walk the streets, see the House of Faun, the Temple of Apollo and more. We could also take some of the ash as a souvenir, view the brick ovens used for cooking, bath houses and rooms that were lived in. It was breath taking and yet disconcerting to know that over 20,000 lost their lives that fateful day. I hope that you enjoy some of the images that I captured and hope that you have the opportunity to one day visit this incredible site. Enjoy!
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