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Pompei
Travel Blogs from Pompei, Italy
Walked the streets of Pompeii and climbed Vesuvius
We have organized a trip to Pompeii, the famous city that was destroyed by an eruption from Vesuvius in 72 AD. I have just read a book written by Robert Harris (not the coffee shop man) titled 'Pompeii' , a story told through the eyes of an engineer who ...
Pompeii
We spent the day in Pompeii, the Roman city which was both destroyed and preserved by an eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 ...
Walk like a Roman!
We had arranged to visit the ruins with Odine, Andre and Basile but first we had to say our goodbyes to Christophe, Emmaualle, Augustus, Rosalea and the baby (terribly I can't remember his name but he was gorgeous!), this goodbye took over an hour as the ...
Ancient Cities and Man's Best Friend
... the day was just when were about to leave the ruins of Pompeii. Though I had seen stray dogs nowhere else in Pompeii, or in Italy for that matter, there were a large amount of them milling about near the only restaurant in the ruins, right at the end of ...
Pompei Scavi-Mo-Favi-Lavi-Davi...it's late :)
In 79 A.D., the cities of Pompei and Herculaneum were destroyed and covered with 22 meters of pumice and ash from the catastrophic 2-day eruption of Mount Vesuvius. The cities were forgotten and lost for 1600 years before being accidentally discovered in ...
Second Day - Pompei Tour
We were on the bus at 7:30 am ready to leave for Pompei. It took us three hours to get there with one stop in the middle. We had to stay with our tour guide for more than 2 hours then we were able to walk around on our own. The ...
Nautical Themed Pashmina Afghan
... ’t sick of the van at all. It was just we couldn’t find anywhere suitable. We were both a little frustrated with Italy so we decided that we wouldn’t bother with Brindisi and we would head towards Naples, then on to Rome before leaving ...
a place of mystery and misery
The cnl train took ages to reach rome. We were delayed for almost an hour. There are no lockers in the station but left baggage counters. This makes the queue imaginable. So we had to bring our baggage along with us to napoli as we had reserved the ...
Pompeii in a Day
Early in the morning we sped away in a Mercedes Benz minivan heading south towards Napoli. We drove and drove and drove until we reached Napoli and the exit for Pompeii. Our driver took us to the area where we met our tour guide for the Pompeii ...
POMPEI 2001
this ancient city is impressed me as a city with artistry... the houses and artifacts proves them to be ...
standing on the edge of a volcano....
Today we took a day trip from Naples to Pompai to see the ruins then too a bus trip to see Vesuvio. The bus went up this narrow winding road that was a two way, there were some tight fits when busses passed going the other way. Once we made it to the ...
Traveling to Pompei
... ’s bathrooms (we had to check). If anyone can provide any insight into why this is as we have seen it everywhere in both Italy and Greece, please let me know. After setting up the tent we locked it up and headed off to the ...
Visiting Pompei Ruins
Unfortunately the temperature kept dropping in the night and we actually had the worst sleep of our lives. I personally struggled with cold all night and once you get that chill sleeping goes out the window for ...
The day Mom and I climbed a Volcano.
Mom and I started this day by thinking we would have an educational experience at the Pompei ruins. The day ended with us climbing a volcano. I admit, I was the one to push the idea of going up to Mount Vesuvius. But I had no idea what was in store. We ...
"pomped out" in Pompeii
Today was the day we had planned for Pompeii. I have been torn for months trying to decide whether we should go to Pompeii or to Herculaeum or to try to squeeze in both.. Even up until midnight last night I ...
Frozen lemonade and ancient history
... guidebook and map. There is an audio tour available, but I think they interfere with the experience of a big place like Pompei. We really just wandered around and looked. The forum in the middle of the ancient city was impressively large with columns ...
Visit to the old town
Travelled out by local railway from Sorrento. €1.40 for the trip which took about 40 min. Too hot when we got there but still managed to see everything. Some of area was not open due to works taking place. Lunch in a local place (with beer). Back to ...
Vesuvius and Pompeii
We traveled to the top of Mt. Vesuvius on a beautiful, sunny day. 360 degree vistas and a chance to see the crater which is 500m across and 250m deep. Amazing to think that the last activity was as recent as 1944. Afterwards we visited ...
Living it up in Pompeii
Its pouring rain an i arrive in Roma.....want the fast train but the train dude takes my euro an puts me on the sloooooooooow train. Thats ok....gives me time in Roma...oh the memories of the last time I was in Roma for my first anniversary.... Got ...
Dog! can I have one?
... of the people. You could even see the bones, skulls included, for some of them. Fun Fact: There are many stray dogs in Italy, but there are so many dogs in Pompeii, that there is an adoption program there. All he dogs ...
Pompei (Minion number 2)
... that were recovered. Morbid but fascinating. Our accomodation was just down the hill from the train station and the entrance to pompei, and it had lovely well furnished room and two very friendly dogs. We had a particularly enjoyable evening walking into ...
Day 90 - Mt Vesuvius, Naples and Pompeii!!
Today was amazing - took a day trip from Rome to visit the volcano Vesuvius and the township of Pompeii. We also stopped for pizza (and a glass of wine!) in Naples so I was in bliss :) I was a very narrow bendy road up to the volcano and the driver ...
Gypsies and all sorts of crazy's in the South
The next day we decided to go on a little trip south...nearing Napoli but we were all a bit afraid after all the stories everyone told us of the place. So we drove and sort of aimed for Pompeii. We got into the city, but it was just a quick drive though, ...
Napoli / Pompeii
... Pompei along the way. Well, we didn't hang around for long, and after a quick shower in our hotel we caught the train to Pompei. It was another scorching hot day, but walking through the ruins of a city more than 2000 years old was a surreal experience. ...
Pompei
Pompei was crazy, it is so beautifull, and it is amazing to think that the original paint is still ...
Pompei
ARRIVED from Naples train from naples. walked around four hours and hours. the place is huge. the art that was still perfectly intact was the most interesting. took a train back to naples to pick up my bag and then off to rome. DEPARTED to ...