Pompei, Italy

Sitting at the train station in Pompei, waiting to go back to Sorrento where Jill and I will catch a train to Rome and George is going back to Positano.

Pompei was a lot bigger than I had thought. The ancient city was covered in lava on Aug 24th 79 AD mount Vesuvius (sp) erupted. The lava covered everything, even burying people alive. Some of the figures have been uncovered and can be seen in some of the displays.
There were two (that we saw) large ampitheaters towards the edge of Pompei. They were equipped with modern sound systems and stage lighting. Could only imaging playing music there.

Rome tonight….pizzas, bruscettas and the Trevy(sp) Fountain!

The weather here is perfect. We had a wonderfull, if brief, thunderstorm last night in Positano, but the days have been sunny, warm and perfect for shorts and a T.

….thanks to everyone who’s leaving comments and sending email…I really enjoy getting the correspondence, advice and insight!

-Z

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