Today we took a fast (150 mph) train from Florence to Naples for a long weekend in Sorrento. We learned several things today, including:
To tour Pompeii, we split into four groups, each with a professional guide. They were, by all reports, excellent. Our guide, Vincent, was absolutely fantastic. The students were exceptionally attentive and genuinely interested in learning what Pompeii can teach about how everyday Romans lived in 79 AD. We all could have spent more time in Pompeii, soaking in the atmosphere, but we had to travel to our hotel rooms in Sorrento.
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- Driving in Naples is like a continuous game of chicken. Everyone has to be an aggressive driver to make turns and enter traffic. But somehow, the folks in this area make it work.
- A good bus driver who can navigate precarious Naples traffic while maneuvering a huge coach in narrow streets is a skilled driver.
- A good bus driver who knows a good place to get a decent 10 euro lunch (salad, drink and big pizza in a wood-fired grill) at a touristy area like Pompeii is a humanitarian.
- Pompeii is like taking a walk back in time.
To tour Pompeii, we split into four groups, each with a professional guide. They were, by all reports, excellent. Our guide, Vincent, was absolutely fantastic. The students were exceptionally attentive and genuinely interested in learning what Pompeii can teach about how everyday Romans lived in 79 AD. We all could have spent more time in Pompeii, soaking in the atmosphere, but we had to travel to our hotel rooms in Sorrento.
Click on each picture to enlarge or treat this as a gallery.
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