Pompeii

We went to Sorrento so that we could visit Pompeii, a town near Naples that was buried in ash when Mount Vesuvius erupted on August 24th, 79.

Much can be said about Pompeii. The remains are in amazingly good shape: the arenas, theaters, temples, and the houses.





Everywhere you could easily imagine what the houses looked liked. The mosaics and wall paintings are still beautiful today.





Perhaps the most poignant reminders that this was a living town until the moment of the eruption are the bodies that have been preserved. You can feel the pain of the people. From the man covering his face



to the body of the man found crouching next to his donkey.