Vesuvius

This blog is written by Colm

Today Mom, Ruby and I get into the rental car and head to Vesuvius. As we drive up the steep road to the Volcano we see two girls thumbing so we pick them up. They had taken the local bus to Vesuvius but were dropped off near the bottom.
We arrive at the parking which is half-way up the volcano and catch the shuttle bus up to the entrance. After a twenty minute walk with amazing views we are at the crater and join a tour.
We find out that the eruption that buried pompeii was in 79 AD. The Roman city of Pompeii was buried in ash, whereas the town on the opposite side of Vesuvius called Herculeam was destroyed by mud slides.Back then the volcano was 3000 metres tall, as apposed to its current height of 1200 metres.
We look hundreds of metres down to the bottom of the crater and I can imagine lava shooting out of there. We walk as far as we can around the crater, taking it all in, it’s spectacular.Read more