Pompeii

We have been so consumed with getting settled, we made it a goal to be 80% done by Friday so we can take a trip out of Napoli and go to Pompeii. We did our best to do some homework on our visit, but it was completely different seeing the real thing. It was a place of respect for those who lost their lives and the city that was lost.

 

Just to give you some background...here's an excerpt from wiki

 

Romans took control of Pompeii around 200 BC. On August 24, 79 AD, Vesuvius erupted, burying the nearby town of Pompeii in ash and soot, killing 20,000 people, and preserving the city in its state from that fateful day. Pompeii is an excavation (It: scavi) site and outdoor museum of the ancient Roman settlement. This site is considered to be one of the few sites where an ancient city has been preserved in detail - everything from jars and tables to paintings and people was frozen in time, yielding, together with neighbouring Herculaneum which suffered the same fate, an unprecedented opportunity to see how the people lived two thousand years ago.

 

 

Taking a walk back into time...