Well we woke up today with the plans to explore Amalfi and Postiano. However our plans changed when we talked to the woman who lives and works here and we decided to head to Pompeii instead. She and we were worried about going there on the way to Naples as we had originally planned with all of our luggage in the car, so we decided to get it out the way we would drive the hour and a half today. We got a bit lost getting into Pompeii and ended up going towards Mt. Vesuvius first, which was quite large and since we couldn’t actually find the way to the base of the mountain, we turned around and went back in the historical ruins of Pompeii. The new city of Pompeii is awful and run down, so there is no need to ever go there. The ruins, however were wonderful and amazing that they have been preserved for so long. The people of this time (before AD 79 when Mt. Vesuvius erupted) seemed to be so intelligent, practical, wealthy and much more logical than we are today. They also had many brothels, and I will post an image of a kama sutra position that supposedly men could look at while having sex and get ideas for new positions!! If anyone wants more info on Pompeii, ask my dad. It’s really interesting. Mom and I walked around for 4, yes 4!! hours. We were utterly exhausted at the end, but we saw so much- the houses, ampitheater, theater, roads, casted bodies and much, much more. I will try and post as many photos as possible to show the town. It was also much more expensive to go to Pompeii than we had thought- paying for parking, entrance fees and the audio guide where we received all of our information from (almost 70 dollars… jeez). So after 4 hours, we decided to head home and on the way there was a beautiful sunset and a fair amount of afternoon traffic. We are now home and had another nice cheese and bread dinner with some chocolate mixed in. Only two more days of Italy.. it is sad, but I think we are getting ready to come home too. Ciao.
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