Pompeii

Saturday morning we got up and went to Pompeii early in the morning. When we first arrived the weather was awesome, but unfortunately it got cold and rainy by about 1 in the afternoon.

Pompeii was really neat, definitely a must see for anyone visiting Italy. Again I think for this post the pictures need to do most of the talking.

This is the front entrance to Pompeii, as you can see the weather was great in the morning

There were a bunch of dogs in Pompeii, this one sitting behind Caitlin was enjoying the morning sun

The windows from the inside of the "suburban baths"

The front of the basillica (courthouse) in town, you can see the bad weather coming in

Jim knocking over the columns in the front of the courthouse, he got in trouble for it of course

This guy didn't get out of Pompeii in time, bummer for him, he's been stuck sitting here for almost 2000 years

The Pompeii Theater, definitely one of the cooler structures we've seen, this was built into the slope of the hill

The mini-theater for smaller shows, next to the main theater

Its kind of hard to see in this small of a picture but this is the modern city of Pompeii against the mountains, the ruins are barely visable because they are below the level we are standing

Another view of the ruins in the foreground with the modern city against the moutains in the background

This is the main street in Pompeii, the Via Mercurio, with Mt. Vesuvius in the background. This is the opposite direction of the previous two photos.

The ancient city walls

So Pompeii was really really neat. After exploring the town all afternoon I was getting pretty cold from the rain and starting to feel ill again, so we went back to the hostel in Sorrento and I took a nap. That evening we got dinner then headed to bed early for our return trip the next day.