Civitavecchia to Sorrento, white line. Tonight we will be leaving for Messina, Red line.

Sorrento / Pompei, Italy
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16-Apr-2022

16-May-2022 / Tour to Pompei to view the Roman ruins
View of Sorrento from the Tour Bus.

Here is the route that the Tour Bus followed to get to Pompei.	This is a view Mt. Vesuvius, in AD 79 it erupted covering Pompei.

Welcom to Pompei	Soon after entering, we were able to look up the hill for our first sighting of Pompei.

Up the hill and we entered Pomoei.

There were more tourists than we expected and the tourist season had not started.	Entrance to the Large Theatre.

The Large Theater was very impressive.



The Romans built streets for multiple purposes. The street was for horses, wagons, and drainage. The pedestrians used large stones in the street to cross the street.



In many places the origional artwork on the buildings can still be seen.


This artwork is found on the corner of the street contain Brothels.	Suggestive artwork aligned some of the walls of the Btothels.

This large cortyard was seen in a residential area.

An ornamental pool was found at the homes entry



This is one of the many wineries that we saw.


Walking through the shopping area.


During the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in AD 79 AD the population that remained in Pompei were incinerated or suffocated. Many well preserved bodies were found under the ash from the eruption. This is a plaster cast of one of these bodies.



	The Forum of Pompeii with the entrances to: - Temple of Apollo (left) - Macellum (right) - Temple of Jupiter (center) - Mount Vesuvius (in the distance)

Our Guide showing us the Temple of Apollo.






Outside the Grande Progetto Pompei we walked past an RV Campground.

16-May-2022 / Walk around Sorrento, Italy
The Pompei tour bus dropped us off near the downtown Sorrento.	We walked up Corso Italia, downtown Sorrento.


Looking thru an arch on the left we saw a bell tower.	Going thru the arch we found we were in the plaza of the Sorrento Cathedral


Leaving Sorrento for Massina (Sicily). The departure course was changed during the day.	This course change gave us an evening sunset over Capri Island.
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