Pompei

Pompeii was really amazing. It feels like the whole place is in tact and you can almost picture the people walking around 2000 years ago. Its a huge site and we literally walked round it for the whole day, never even getting tired. THe detail is incredible and we saw everything from houses, bakeries, shops, amphitheatre,s sports grounds, theatres....the list goes on. The body casts were pretty gruesome and their expressions gave you an idea of what it must have been like. Over everything loomed vesuvius as a reminder. We didn't expect there to be half as much there and so were really surprised. It wasn't even too busy which was a great thing after florence. We save some murials as well as wall paintings and frescos, all were remarkably in tact as were the roads and pavements....It really was incredible