Pompei and Vesuvius

After a great breakfast, we toured Pompei this morning. It was staggering to think that the entire city of Pompei was buried in the eruption of Vesuvius! The parts of the civilization tgat survived were so impressive! It was so great to have a tour guide explaining all the things we were seeing and experiencing.

After a grest lunch ... this fine group of people hiked almost a kilometer up to the volcano ... in the rain. Our tour guide was exceptionally passionate but his pace was a bit fast for the old boy and I. Sadly, I didn't have time to look around much because I had to keep my eye on my foot placement.

We traced the side of the volcano for a bit! I thought we were going to descend tge same way we walked up. However, they decided to take us a faster and more direct way down. The guide got tge keys to a path that they closed for the last 7 years. We were tge first ones to sink down to our ankles in volcanic stone as we "surfed" down the mountain trying to stay erect! 😬

My shoes were filled with lava stones and my heart was filled with terror! As you all know ... I do not enjoy adrenalin filled adventures like this. I was just grateful to get to the bottom safely!!

We got tonour room and had a shower ... my ankles were black from the trek down! We enjoyed drinks together and shared many laughs during supper.

We stayed up way too late ... but ... it was an emotionally exciting and explosive way to spend our first full day of walking ... hiking ... surfing! I think we got 5 hours of sleep before we were up and at it again. Hence my delay in posting this!

More to come ... eventually ...
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