Some buildings appear to have very little ifany restoration while others appear to be almost completely restored. I don't know if they will be completely restored in our life times.
These were different living spaces and other spaces some we were not sure what they were used for, but they did an amazing job of putting it back in order and back together, as much as they have. We were blown away by wall frescoes like the one below center that appeared done at least in the last century. If you will read the article I am about to upload called the Eruption of 79 AD, you will get a glimpse of what happened.
It was so amazing to find things like this pot which had other decorative things with the same lion heads as decor in the same area that didn't look like they could possibly have survived. There were appx 20,000 people living in Pompei at the time of the killer volcano.
So here is Chris, looking a little tired after our five hours of trekking. In the background, you are looking at the forum, and much further in the background is Mount Vesuvius that wreaked
such havoc in the lives of the people of Pompeii killing most if not all. The initial spew of lava sprayed straight up 60,000 feet or 20,000 meters. Mount Vesuvius is not close to Pompeii but the initial spray of lava covered many of the homes and other buildings. While so many had rushed to their homes for safety, the first rush of lava also caved in the stone roofs of many of the homes. The lava continued for to flow and spew for about a day and by this time, even the wise one who had decided to try to escape to the coast had breathed so much of the gaseous fumes that they were also killed. There were no survivors.
One last glimse of the old city in the process of coming back to life.
In the morning we stopped by for an expresso and croissant, but in the afternoon we stopped for food. After the pizza in Napoli, I settled for a nice salad with rucola, cherry tomatoes and chunks of Mozzarella cheese!.. Yummy! I also had freshly squeezed orange and lemon juice that was the best I have ever tasted.
These photos represent the end of our Italian holidays. We took more pictures in about 5 hour in Pompeii than any other single place we visited. It was just so incredible. Chris saw it about 40 years ago with his father and could see major changes in the reconstruction of the old city. It is ongoing. If we go back to Italy, I will definitely want to see it again. We are on the train now enroute to Rome where we will spend our last night and begin our journey back to Lagos at 6 a.m.
These photos represent some of the Italian countryside which was truly beautiful. Most of it looked much like this, some with more or less trees and mountains, but all very beautiful.
We hope you enjoy the photos as much as we enjoyed our trip!
Much of the time, we weren't sure what we were looking at but much of the time we did. It was all amazing. The article is below right. You can enlarge it and it tells about all the devastation.
These were different living spaces and other spaces some we were not sure what they were used for, but they did an amazing job of putting it back in order and back together, as much as they have. We were blown away by wall frescoes like the one below center that appeared done at least in the last century. If you will read the article I am about to upload called the Eruption of 79 AD, you will get a glimpse of what happened.
It was so amazing to find things like this pot which had other decorative things with the same lion heads as decor in the same area that didn't look like they could possibly have survived. There were appx 20,000 people living in Pompei at the time of the killer volcano.So here is Chris, looking a little tired after our five hours of trekking. In the background, you are looking at the forum, and much further in the background is Mount Vesuvius that wreaked
such havoc in the lives of the people of Pompeii killing most if not all. The initial spew of lava sprayed straight up 60,000 feet or 20,000 meters. Mount Vesuvius is not close to Pompeii but the initial spray of lava covered many of the homes and other buildings. While so many had rushed to their homes for safety, the first rush of lava also caved in the stone roofs of many of the homes. The lava continued for to flow and spew for about a day and by this time, even the wise one who had decided to try to escape to the coast had breathed so much of the gaseous fumes that they were also killed. There were no survivors.
One last glimse of the old city in the process of coming back to life.
In the morning we stopped by for an expresso and croissant, but in the afternoon we stopped for food. After the pizza in Napoli, I settled for a nice salad with rucola, cherry tomatoes and chunks of Mozzarella cheese!.. Yummy! I also had freshly squeezed orange and lemon juice that was the best I have ever tasted.
These photos represent the end of our Italian holidays. We took more pictures in about 5 hour in Pompeii than any other single place we visited. It was just so incredible. Chris saw it about 40 years ago with his father and could see major changes in the reconstruction of the old city. It is ongoing. If we go back to Italy, I will definitely want to see it again. We are on the train now enroute to Rome where we will spend our last night and begin our journey back to Lagos at 6 a.m.
These photos represent some of the Italian countryside which was truly beautiful. Most of it looked much like this, some with more or less trees and mountains, but all very beautiful.
We hope you enjoy the photos as much as we enjoyed our trip!
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