Pompei, Italy

On Wednesday morning, we boarded an earlyish train to Pompei. For those who don’t know, Pompei is a civilization from around 60BC that was covered and lost by the explosion of a nearby volcano in 79AD. However, in the 18^th century, ruins were discovered and the ongoing process of uncovering the well preserved city began.

We toured the main parts of the city including former temples, shops, villas and brothels, all amazing preserved and seemingly so ahead of their time. Some of the buildings have the remains of humans and pets caught in the volcanic downfall and their perfectly preserved remains are chilling to view in person.

We ended our day at the Pompei coliseum, an impressively huge structure for such an ancient civilization. Afterwards, we picked up our luggage from the free luggage check and headed back to the train station to continue our tour through Italy.