The Ruins of Pompeii

Anneke and Chloe at Pompeii

Our Port of Call this morning was Naples. We had a tour planned and, luckily, it was later in the day. We met at the theatre to go to the Ruins of Pompeii.  After we were ten minutes away, we still had some time to kill.   We toured a factory where they took coral, shell and semiprecious stones and carved beautiful cameos out of them.  They herded us through their showroom and Papa was surprised at how many of our group bought cameos. 

When we had been dropped off, we were led into the ruins. Inside we saw taverns, with the still intact bars.  We saw an outdoor theatre and a bathhouse.  Afterwards, we saw the red light district, some villas, the forum, the basilica, and Jupiter’s temple. Even though we saw so much. we saw only about a quarter of the city. Our tour guide was very good and we learned a lot about all the different ruins.

After we were outside the 2,000 year old rubble, our tour guide gave us 15 minutes to roam around the tourist shops.  We barely made it back to the bus in time. When our tour guide counted, we were two people short. We almost left because we had waited a half hour, but they came running. We got back and came to our room, definitely ready for a rest.