Maiuri Pompei

Nous avons pris l'autobus publique pour atteindre le sommet du vesus, le volcan n'a pas tellement a offrir, mais la vue sur la bay est vraiment belle. Ensuite, nous avons visités les ruines d'Herculaneom. Une autre ville disparue sous l'eruption du vesus il y a pres de 2000 ans. il y a encore beaucoup de travail d'archeologie en cours, mais on peut voir que la ville est meiux conserver, il y a meme des batiments de 2 et 3 etages et des pieces de bois qui ont traversé le temps !

I am so far behind with this blog. Partly, it's because we have traveled every single month during 2009. There's so much to tell & show that unless I write every week, I'm always several trips behind. The other problem is ...

Ola Kala: simply, OK (in Greek). No time for lots of flap.....we're on the go. The Vatican Museums await us (and we can hardly wait to do more walking!). Enjoy the pictures and we'll fill you in on the adventure next time I make the time to sit and gab.

We're still having a grand time!!!!!

... aire déserter par les habitants de naples, et puis ensuite on c'est refugier dans le chateau ouvo pemdamt l'orage. nous avons eu un excellent point vue sur le volcan Vesuve. Puis ensuite nous avons visiter le vieux quartier ou les rues tres etroites ne laisse pas entrée les raysons du soleil ! Il y a meme une rue ou l'on ne retrouve que des commerces d'articles de noel. tout pour se refaire une creche ou redecorer l'arbre a chaque année!

... ne sont pas tres
acceuillant, en tout cas, ils ont souvent l'air bete. Ils sont peu
nombreux a parler et ou comprendre autre chose que l'italien. Ils
n'ont aucun sens du civisme, cela viens probablement de leur
egocentricite. Je dois dire que depuis le debut de notre voyage, nous
ne sommes pas impressione par leur comportements!

wow awesome city to visit...went there yesterday with my friend bridget...it is really soo interesting but a lot to land to cover to expect to be there awhilllle...we were there for over 5 hours in the way heat and we definitely didnt see it all...but frankly we were just tired hot and sick of seeing 2000 year old ...

The Monday morning started off great. I went for a great run and Laura and I got lost kinda but it was fun. I then got ready for the day and went to class. before we went on our tours for art history, our teacher told us our grade and explained what we got wrong. i was happy with my score because i got an A!! woo woo. i was excited and didn't know i was going to get that. after that we toured two Churches. we saw the Santa Maria Novella and the Santa Maria del Carmine.

Pompei, Campania, Italy amandawhitaker

... Neptune's blood. Neptune is the God of the Sea. there is a horn that is made out of Corel and they are given to the Sailors for good luck.

After the tour, we had an hour to grab lunch before we headed back onto the bus back to Florence. When we were walking around the city we were called barbie and names like that by the men in Pompei. it was kinda weird and annoying. Pompei is known for their sexual ways ...

... To put it simply it was gorgeous. Allison and I just kept talking about how amazing it would have been to have lived in a house like that back in that time period... or even today. We loved the vegetation that was grown within the house. In California everyone has plants in there homes, just one of the cultural differences between cal and the east coast. It was cool to see that being done in a place like Pompei too. There were some people who kept complaining ...

... the main strips, shopping and whatnot. Naples was by far the cheapest place we went. The food and the shopping were super cheap. A pizza cost 3, maybe 4 euros. In France they start at 7, but they are usually around 10 euros each. During the trip Jason got a nice pair of gym shoes for only 25 euros. Anyway, we got a feel for the area, and saw some of the famous squares without even realizing it. For dinner, we got pizza, which ...