Today Deanna and I (and Brett also, but on a separate bus) took advantage of a crew tour. Every so often the ship will arrange tours for the crew at a discount price. Today the tour was to Sorrento, a nice little town on the water known for shopping, and Pompeii, a nice little town that was frozen in time when Mt. Vesuvius erupted in August of 79AD…only to be discovered in the 1700s while a family was trying to dig a well for water.
Sorrento was nice. That about sums it up since I wasn’t really into shopping. Although, I saw a little cart with ties, bow ties, and ascots. Ascots? Really? Yes. Naturally, I had to have one. I bought a light blue ascot that I plan on sporting at the next VIP party in two nights.
Pompeii was fantastic! This city was a business city that contained a population of about 15,000 people. I’m always blown away by the stuff I see that is that historic. We’re talking 79AD is when it ended, so who knows where it began? The art work in the bath house was amazing, as was tile work just in some entry ways. That plus acoustic theaters, original paint work, and the view of Mt. Vesuvius. Fantastic. Our tour guide, Fabio, had a postcard that actually showed a painting of the mountain on one of the walls of the ruins. That mountain is tall today, but had a huge peak before. It erupted and buried the city in 40 feet of ash and stone. Many of the bodies they found had crushed skulls as if falling rocks were their demise rather than the ash.
And they aren’t even finished digging. Well, there is more to be dug up…they are holding off and deciding that the money they get should be focused on upkeep more so than new finds.
Tonight we had another show and it went well. I didn’t wear the ascot.
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