Vesuvius and Hurculaneum

The breakfast at the hotel was a little more extravagant then at the convent. There was cheese, meat, hard boiled eggs, and juice as well. Next we got on a subway that took us to the new town of Herculaneum were we got in a couple of vans whose drivers are paid to take people to Vesuvius and back. Vesuvius is an ancient mountain that became a volcano when it literally blew its top off in 79 A.D. burying the ancient towns of Herculaneum and Pompeii under lava and ash (just ash for Pompeii). The vans took us most of the way up the mountain and we walked the rest of the way up to the top of Vesuvius (that was exhausting). The crater at the top was amazing, there was smoke coming out of the walls to.

Next we stopped at a restaurant in the new Herculaneum for lunch that turned out to be very overpriced. The eight euro spaghetti that I bought wasn't even enough to fill me up. but thankfully my classmates Lane and Nils each let me have a little of their lunches (my classmates can be very generous to a friend in need). Next we went to the ruins of the old town of Herculaneum. It was really cool, the city was so well preserved that you could find original paintings, mosaics, equipment, wood (in charred form), and even ceilings. and you just had to by a ticket and you could wander around in there for as long as you wanted to, within reason of course.

After dinner we went to a grocery store were I bought myself some crackers. also no gelato again (arrgh).