Because there just aren't enough ruins in Italy, we checked out Pompei
It's weird how you can just walk around an ancient, desolated town, with rubble and pillars and crumbling painted walls everywhere...
There are also vineyards. Perhaps grape vines are volcano-resistant?
We were walking quite a bit, so we took refuge inside one of the buildings for a bit. Look at this pretty girl :)
Then, IN WALK MY UNDERGRADUATE BUDDIES! Seriously they just showed up in the building where we were chilling. Everyone, meet Brantley and Caleb!
It was a useful and productive chance meeting - we compared notes on what we'd seen and where the good spots were in Pompei. And by that I mean C&B told us where to go, since we'd just been wandering aimlessly.
(Nina gets credit for that photo)
Also, there are palm trees in southern Italy. It's pretty awesome. Especially in October.
There were also a ton of very well-behaved dogs roaming around the ruins. This one was my favorite. His eyes are different colors.
He followed us into one of the amphitheaters (there are 3!) and hung out with a buddy of his.
Then I sniped this photo of an adorable older couple relaxing in the theatre.
Ok here's the cool thing. If you go to Pompei, after you seen the ruined city, walk into the real, current city. It's beautiful, but I bet few tourists actually see any of it.
We discovered it because we were searching for food. We found some. We also found an awesome fountain/mosaic/median in an intersection.
:)
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