After a reluctant goodbye to our hosts at the agriturismo Mammarella we headed 1hr up the road to the Roman ruis of Pompei. No more guessing what the houses, gardens and frescoes may have looked like anymore. Here was such a well preserved city. Pompei remained buried under the ash from the volcanoe Vesuvius for 1000s of years. The erruption was observed from the sea by the famous explorer, historian and soldier Pliny. He went in for a closer look and perished but his son kept the records. In four succesive erruptions within the space of a day the volcanoe detroyed several of the townships close by. Preserved at Pompei are the bodies of the unfortunates who coulded get away. Also the frescoes and food bars. Something that we all found interesting between the two ruins Pompei and Pasteum was the way rain water was collected into marble pools situated in the middle of these central courtyard areas and then drained into storage wells for drinking.
Also in pompei we found these benches with huge clay pots set in them. kailin thought they were toilets but we found out that people ate out at bars rather then in the houses. these pots were the containers for various types of food served at the bars.
Kailin's Word: Today we went to Pompeii, and it was almost as good as the Paestum, except that you can't imagine what it would have been like, because it's all there for you. all the buildings were in great shape, and my favorite was the one where they had beautiful frescos (paintings done on a mortar wall) on all the walls, mosaics on all the floors, and a wonderful garden with a long area for holding water, and in the middle of that area was a small fountain that was kind of like a mini temple. The water came out the top, and went down the stairs.
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