Pompei is an amazing place. After Naples, we took another train to Pompei. This only took about 20 minutes. We had all of our luggage and carry ons... I could have sworn that the hotel was only 500 meters from the train station. Instead it was about 2 miles.
As we pulled our luggage across town, a stray dog decided that I should be her new master. This worked great until she found a dead cat on the side of the road and brought it along with her.
The dog left when we finally got to the hotel. Apparently the dog spoke Italian. The hotel owner said something to the dog and away she went.
After a much needed rest (on hard beds), the next morning we rented a car and drove to the ruins of Pompei. This is a huge place. We saw so many things. I know that if we spent a few days there we still would not have seen it all. We had our audio tour on, but ended up getting lost in the many side streets. We eventually saw all of the things that the audio tour mentioned.
This is a casting of a man who was buried in the hot ash and lava.
This is a fountain that used to be in front of a really nice house.
This is casting of a person who was trying to get away from the hot ash and lava. I feel so sorry for these people.
This was a house of someone who was really wealthy. They had a beautiful courtyard.
The streets were narrow---just like today. Some streets were only for pedestrians. They did not want chariots to go down these roads so they placed large rocks in the middle of them to prevent this from happening.
They had an aqua-duct system there. They would throw their garbage or other waste into the streets at certain times of the day. Someone would open the duct and it would pour water into the canals and take away all of the garbage. Well, it went into the sea, but out of sight, out of mind.
It was an amazing place! When I go back I think I will hire a tour guide. I would love to learn more.
This is the men's locker room for the bathhouse. I thought that was pretty cool.
We left for Bari after we visited the ruins. Marty's grandfather and grandmother lived in Bari before they came to America in 1922. Bari is on the coast across the boot from Naples. It is a port town on the Adriatic Sea.
Driving was intense when we got of the autostrada. We ended up calling a taxi to take us into town from our hotel.
On our way to town, Marty asked the cab driver to recommend a nice restaurant for us. It happened to be the best food we had on the entire trip!
We had so much fun eating there! The food was unforgettable. The service was excellent.
After dinner, we walked around Bari for awhile. It was Saturday night and everyone--girls, boys, men, women, grandmas, grandpas, and police hang out at the Piazza downtown. This was very entertaining. I was so glad we decided not to drive. A lot of the roads were blocked off due to all of the people who were there.
On Sunday morning we went to church. We enjoyed it, especially the music. There were a few boys who noticed a cute American girl named Sarah. During the last song they sang as loud as they possible could. The song was "Called to Serve" only sung in Italian. We could hear a few people trying to tell them to stop singing so loud, but they continued to the very end. The lady behind us, an American from Utah, married an Italian who lived in the ward, told Sarah that she hoped she enjoyed the mens choir who had performed just for her. I was pretty impressed, but Sarah was pretty shy and could only smile.
We left church and headed for Assisi. It was a 5 hour drive, but it was beautiful. Along the way we stopped by the beach and took a few pictures.
3 comments:
Oh my goodness!!! I love all the pictures. I need to go there.
Good thing to know that the Italian boys know how to get a girl's attention. How funny, I love all of the pictures, especially Pompei. I would love to go there some day.
How fun. I bet Pompei was interesting.
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