The Almafi Coast, Rome

That being said, as expressed prior in my voyages… .travel associates, albeit heavenly to be with, don't give to consitent blog entries. As it happens, I am really in Greece at this moment :)… having a light cheddar plate, glass of white wine and listening to Check and Adam discuss the imperativeness of the UN.

I exited Italy yesterday on an Alitalia flight from Rome to Athens. Since my last post I burned through 3 evenings in Sorrento, 2 evenings in Positano and 3 evenings in Rome. My time in the Almafi Coast was the most farthest south of Rome I have ever been. I, obviously, had seen numerous pictures of this excellent coast line preceding my landing… and it was generally as great truth be told. The Limoncello was really astounding excessive,

The ruins of Pompeii are about 20 minutes outside of Sorrento.

Our first full day in Sorrento we took the Circumvesuviana to Pompeii and explored this well preserved Roman city that was buried under 20 feet of ash when Mt. Vesuvius erupted in August in 79 AD.

Frescos in Pompeii.

In the glass cases are casts of a few victims found when the site was being excavated. Of the 20,000 people that lived in Pompeii at the time, 2,000 were buried alive. These are just a few of the people that didn’t run fast enough.

The casts are created around their ancient bones, so if you look close enough you can still see their teeth, skull and toe bones. One of the victims had teeth that were quite nice.

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The crew 

Mark, Rosie and I in the forum in Pompeii.

I certainly look short compared to those guys