The over night ferry will dock in Brindisi, Italy and a bus will be waiting to take us to visit Pompeii. It will be about a 5 hour bus ride (there will be washroom stops along the way) and when we arrive we will meet our guide for a tour of Pompeii plus have some time to shop for souvenirs and probably lunch. We will then have another 3 hour bus ride to Rome.
On August 24, 79 AD, Vesuvius erupted, burying the nearby town of Pompeii in ash and soot, killing around 3,000 people and preserving the city in its present state. Over 20,000 people were able to escape that fateful day. Pompeii is an excavation site and outdoor museum of the ancient Roman settlement. This site is considered to be one of the few sites where an ancient city has been preserved in detail - everything from jars and tables to paintings and people were frozen in time, providing visitors with an opportunity to see how the people lived two thousand years ago.
I found a video about Pompeii and added a link for it. There are numerous videos available on You Tube and you may want to check them out. There is also a new release movie called Pompeii, although it isn't getting good reviews I think it has some great special effects. Maybe it will be one of the movies shown in flight!!!
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