Pompeii and Naples (January 2020)
Another friend met us in Rome, so we took a bus ride to Pompeii to visit the ruins. It was another nice day weather-wise, with very few crowds and a lovely clear blue sky.
The site was a lot more expansive than I thought it was, so we didn't get to see even half of it, but what we did see was incredible - the crumbling stone walls somehow still standing; cobbled pathways leading to streets once alive with markets and the hustlebustle of daily life - all the while, Mt Vesuvius loomed in the background, looking so serene against the blue sky, yet eerie all the while ... *end of my cringey attempt to get back into writing*
We got some ice-cream before heading into Naples on the train. We spent a few hours there, wandering around in search of pizza - which was amazing and worth almost getting knocked over dozens of times - and coming across a castle in the process.
All in all, not a bad day ;)
