March 22, 2014

Pompeii

Some of the best things in life come totally unplanned. One of them was a trip to Pompeii during my Viva Italia adventure – a city once buried under ash and pumice, rediscovered. Getting lost between paved cobbled streets under clear blue happy skies while the still-alive volcano watched stealthily, was indeed a remarkable experience tough to behold. Watching the movie after, answered all historical dreams my mind fantasized about while trotting the place.

{impromptu road trip heading towards Pompeii}

{overview from the town’s main entrance}

{the sun = my roof}

{dilapidated}

{houses : outside}

{houses : inside}

{a should-be garden carpeted with fluttering clovers}

{Dancing Faun from House of The Faun}

{HAVE, spelling variant of ‘Ave’, a Roman greeting that means ‘hail’}

{once upon a time a gladiator . . .}

{WHERE is Godot?}

{a body from 79 AD}

{goodbye and be good, Mount Vesuvius . . .}

Cost (ticket + audio guide) : 15 €

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