Today we arrived at Sorrento, Italy. What a lovely view from the ship. The city sits high above the sea level. We had chosen to take a tour to Pompei. This was a very interesting site. It is the 2nd most visited historical place in the world. It was so interesting to see how the city was so completely preserved in some areas especially marble inlay and tile floors in the homes. It is very fascinating how the archeologists were able to discern so much about the culture. It was also interesting that no other towns had been build over the same site as of some other ancient ruins. This city was covered by the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius and covered with lava and volcanic dust in 79 AD and not discovered until 1748 by a farmer who was going to use the land.
After our tour, we returned to the city of Sorrento, which is a very charming city with many beautiful buildings and shops built on the hillside. By the time we arrived back in the city, it was the lunch time, which is from 1-5 pm when the shops close and they all go home for their lunch. Restaurants luckily do stay open for the most part. We had a brick oven pizza and some local wine, which was most enjoyable. When we finished we were able to do a little shopping and found some inlaid wooden boxes for which Sorrento is famous.
It we be a short rest time for us now as tomorrow we will go to Civitavecchia port tomorrow, which is the port closest to Rome. We will then take a bus ride through the countryside to Rome, where we will have an all day tour. We have visited Rome, but it was about 30 years ago, so we are looking forward to another visit.
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