While on Spring Break, we had been in Rome since Wednesday. On Saturday morning, we decided to take a trip to Pompeii to see the volcanic ruins. We took the 7:30 am fast train to Naples. We got there really fast. I asked a man on the breakfast cart, and he said we were traveling at 250 km/hr. Once in Naples, we boarded another train for Pompeii. It was a beautiful day, and when we got there, we found out it was free entry today! We did pay 5 Euros for an audio tour though. We walked around the city for a few hours. It was really interesting but chilling at the same time. We saw bodies that were preserved just how they had been found. Pompeii had their own small colosseum, too. It was really interesting to see how the town had been set up and preserved. Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 a.d. and covered the city of Pompeii. It was really amazing to see how advanced the city already was. They had markets, bakers, a brothel, churches and temples, spas and beautiful homes.
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| Temple in Pompeii |
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| Arch in Pompeii |
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| One of the bodies recovered in Pompeii. |
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| Pompeii |
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| Spa in Pompeii |
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| Inside a home in Pompeii |
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| Inside the colosseum in Pompeii. |
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| A theatre in Pompeii |
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| Above modern Pompeii. |
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| On the train ride from Naples --> Rome. |
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