Pompeii, Italy
01/04/03

The city of Pompeii is known by all as the town that was buried in the ash and pumice of Mount Vesuvius in 79 A.D. Seeing this once thriving city preserved so well was a truly amazing experience. (photo # 1 & 40: see how happy we are to be in Pompeii? hee.hee.) All jokes aside, this was an absolutely astonishing (and somber) day. Seeing the plaster casts of the Pompeiians--some with their bones visible--was an experience we will always carry with us.

(# 2) what the columns look like inside; (# 3): a plastered-over column.
(# 2-4) the Basilica--but it's believed that it was actually used as a place of business, a sort of stock market.
(# 5) bronze statue of Apollo.
(# 6 & 30) some mosiacs that have survived the years.
(# 8-9 & 26) the Temple of Isis.
(# 12-15) the Large Theater.
(# 14) Nick taking a picture of Jessie taking a picture.
(# 15) what was Jessie taking a picture of?
(# 17 & 29 & 37) view of the city with Mount Vesuvius looming in the background.
(# 32) the Amphitheater with a little itty bitty tourist in the middle of it.