Post #720939 by danlovestikis on Wed, Jun 25, 2014 6:54 AM

littlegiles Pompeii was the place I most wanted to see on this trip. Here it comes.

TikiHula sunny but very hot. We needed to keep drinking water all day long to survive. However it was 109 in my home town while we were gone (as you know) and it was around 90 most of our trip. The difference is we were in the sun and mostly we never stopped in a shady place long enough to cool down.

LoriLovesTiki schools out, yippy, time for summer fun! I hope you have a wonderful summer.

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We continued this tour with a stop in Sorrento, Italy.

We were in a bus that drove us through town to

a restaurant for lunch. Dan loves that these countries always serve wine and he gets my glass too.

Back out on the street waiting for the bus that will take us to...

the city of Pompeii.

On the drive there Mount Vesuvius was pointed out. This is the volcano that destroyed Pompeii and could do so again.

The entrance to Pompeii.

There are thousands of these rooms where people lived and had businesses.

To walk from one side to the other in any direction takes one hour.

My Tiki Magazine shot.

Even back in time people thought to put speed bumps in the road to protect the people.

There were impressive views where you can imagine the grandeur.

They have moved much of the best art to museums but there was this one big area of pottery (no tiki mugs) and casts

of the holes left by bodies.

The volcano gave warning weeks in advance that it was going to erupt. So all the rich people left the city.

They insisted their workers stay behind to protect the businesses and homes. So those who perished were not the wealthy.

We saw a small amount of art along with

these casts.

Even stone roads show wear from the wheels that passed over it.

A corner bar. They had one on every block. Big wine vessels we put into these holding cells.

A city street would have not just a bar but a public

fountain with running water. They said that the wear of the stone shows where a person put their hand to lean forward to put their mouth under the flow. The wear shows that most inhabitants were right handed.

This shows how close the volcano was to the city.

We are now on the way back to the ship. All of the red light district with mosaics was under renovation so we weren't taken to see it.

Here is the modern Pompeii below the ruins. I wouldn't want to bet that the volcano won't erupt in my lifetime.

Back at the ship.

Time for dinner.

Now we are going for a walk before starting our work day. Cheers, Wendy