Yesterday we had a nice, if rocky day at sea. A gale pushed us across the sea to arrive at Naples this morning. During the evening, we travelled along the Italian coast, and the lights of the coastline sparkled on the water like gems, and a lightning storm provided a great light show in the background. We also had our last formal night, the Victorian Ball. Fun.
Today we took a tour – thankfully our last group tour, (very tired of the crowds,) out to see the ruins at Pompeii. This is the city of 20,000 that was covered by the volcanic explosions of Mt Vesuvius in 79AD. It is truly remarkable, and you could easily spend a couple of days there exploring the 66 hectatres, 44 of which have been excavated. They used sonar to locate pockets in the ash and filled the space in with plaster to give us the “bodies” of the folks who did not make it out. Spooky. Tonight we are packing, as we leave the ship tomorrow morning. We are spending the night in Rome before jumping on our flight home. We hope to get in one more fantastic Italian dinner with wine tomorrow evening, because we have not eaten enough over the past couple of weeks.
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