Wandering through Pompeii



I’ve wanted to visit Pompeii since learning about it in fifth grade. We took the circumvesuvia from Sorrento to get there, picked up a bag lunch (prochuttio and mozzarella) and some blood oranges and headed in for the day. It’s one of the most amazing and well preserved places I've ever seen. It was more of a modern city than where I grew up in upstate new york. Urban. Sophisticated. Impressive amounts of planning went into discovering that city and it continues. We were there about five hours and it wasn’t enough. Mosaics, sculptures, signage, bodies, frescoes, alters, columns, bathtubs, amphitheaters, theaters, brothels, bedrooms, gardens, homes, temples, and hints of their lives and creativity. Endless things to observe and sketch.  ¶ 1:25 PM