A day in Pompeii!

Sorry for the cheesy title, but I honestly couldn't resist! So our final day in Amalfi we visited Pompeii, and I've only wanted to see Pompeii for like ever, and there was no way I was passing up this opportunity. We pack up our stuff and left our hotel (definitely more of a hostel, and definitely gross) for an hour bus ride to Pompeii!

I'm sure you all know the story of how Mt. Vesuvius erupted destroying the city of Pompeii while preserving it at the same time. Pompeii is home to remarkable ruins and also the fattest German Shepard I've ever seen.

The first think that took me by surprise was the size of Pompeii the streets of the city were endless and it was home to around 20,000 people at the time of the explosion (one of many things I learned from the worst tour guide ever). Another surprising bit of info? Mt. Vesuvius is still totally active!

Our tour guide (even though she spent a good chunk of time on her phone) showed us a lot of really cool stuff on our tour he including the sauna, houses, the food market, and a brothel. Yup a brothel, in the picture below you can see an ancient carving of a penis on the building!

I also got the chance to take a Abbey Road picture on an ancient crosswalk in Pompeii. They used raised stones as crosswalks to the people of Pompeii wouldn't get their feet wet while crossing the street! They also added bits on white marble in the road to act as reflectors as night.

If you ever get the chance to see Pompeii you'll definitely need more than just an afternoon to see it. After our tour we decided to check out the amphitheater!

After grabbing a quick bite to eat we said goodbye to Pompeii and headed home to Florence!