Day 6

All I can say is today will be just as rocky as yesterday, but in a more beneficial way. We are on the way to see the ancient site of Pompeii. Now although the Roman Forum is an ancient site, Pompeii is an actual ancient city. From what I heard, it was destroyed when a volcano from Mt. Vesuvius erupted. If thats the case, Pompeii was well preserved. When we were allowed inside, it looked like someone can still live there. The grass was taken care of and the trees looked healthy, it looked as if nothing happened at at all. Most of the columns were still extant and what was more importantly extant was the artwork. Interesting enough, most of the graffiti and artwork the Romans did were pornographic. On the walls were carved men with larger penises that usual as well as women with exposed breasts. This does explain why they had brothels, but this was outside of that. During the tour, the guide did allow us to see one vividly. All I can say was what I saw was the oldest porn to date ( not to be inappropriate, just evaluating art). On a different subject, the guide also showed us the famous body casts of the burn victims. How that was well preserved just amazes as well. That was pretty much Pompeii in a nutshell. I would have to say that Pompeii was a good closer considering it was are last day. Now its time to head for Greece so Bonjourno! Italy and Yiassou Greece.