{Going Places} Pompeii

This past weekend, my entire study abroad program (all 27 of us) 

went to Naples, Pompeii, Paestum, Salerno and Castria.

Here's some pictures from Pompeii:

 Fun fact: the archeologist who discovered the bodies saw that there were large holes within

the ashes when they were digging up the city and before he decided to check out what

they were, he decided to fill the holes with plaster and figure out their shape

that way. Basically, he was a genius because those "holes" were the outlines of the

citizens of Pompeii and so now we have these outlines of the way their bodies were

 when they died. 

(Pretty morbid but also fascinating. )

We stayed at a hotel in Pompeii for the weekend and we had balconies off our rooms

so, of course, I saw that as the perfect place to sit down and relax from the busy

day of walking. Me and a few friends grabbed some white wine, our ipods and 

chatted away while the sun went down.

I'm a sucker for porches, what can I say?

I had been to Pompeii with my family once before but being back with an actual

archeologist and seeing some more of the images I see every day in my Roman Art and 

Archeology textbook is unreal. 

(I didn't snap any photos in Naples because, honestly, I was not a fan. We had some

amazing pizza (they invented the pizza ya know?) but other than that, I was

not impressed. Definitely won't be returning...)

Next up- Salerno!