So after a day of climbing Mt. Vesuvius, it was only fit to visit the ruins of the city of Pompei which was destroyed by the 78 AD eruption. We started early with a guided tour of the remains of the city. Another place I have visited before, it was nice to revisit and learn some more about the history of Pompei. The volcanic eruption destroyed and preserved the city at the same time. The highlight of the whole tour, for me, was seeing the cast figures frozen in their time of death. The ancient brothel is always another interesting hotspot in Pompei. Everyone got a kick out of our tour guide Marco's persona, which made the long tour on such a hot day much more interesting and enjoyable. After exploring the ancient city, we were given some free time during which all the girls from our group went to get some pizza for lunch. The service was terrible (took about
30 minutes to even get our order right) but the pizza was delicious! The further south you go in Italy, the better the pizza gets. I think the best pizza I've ever had was a few years ago in Naples. Next we loaded back onto the bus and drove a long way to Brindisi to get on the ferry which would take us to Greece. Unfortunately that meant we all had to say goodbye to our wonderful bus driver Giuseppe (all the girls from our group were extremely heartbroken). But we were all very excited to continue our trip in the wonderful country of Greece! The ferry was a very interesting place to stay for the night. The rooms were minuscule, but we didn't spend much time in them. As soon as we boarded and got settled in, we explored and got something to eat. At night we all headed to the discotecha and had a fun time just dancing the night away!
So after a day of climbing Mt. Vesuvius, it was only fit to visit the ruins of the city of Pompei which was destroyed by the 78 AD eruption. We started early with a guided tour of the remains of the city. Another place I have visited before, it was nice to revisit and learn some more about the history of Pompei. The volcanic eruption destroyed and preserved the city at the same time. The highlight of the whole tour, for me, was seeing the cast figures frozen in their time of death. The ancient brothel is always another interesting hotspot in Pompei. Everyone got a kick out of our tour guide Marco's persona, which made the long tour on such a hot day much more interesting and enjoyable. After exploring the ancient city, we were given some free time during which all the girls from our group went to get some pizza for lunch. The service was terrible (took about 
30 minutes to even get our order right) but the pizza was delicious! The further south you go in Italy, the better the pizza gets. I think the best pizza I've ever had was a few years ago in Naples. Next we loaded back onto the bus and drove a long way to Brindisi to get on the ferry which would take us to Greece. Unfortunately that meant we all had to say goodbye to our wonderful bus driver Giuseppe (all the girls from our group were extremely heartbroken). But we were all very excited to continue our trip in the wonderful country of Greece! The ferry was a very interesting place to stay for the night. The rooms were minuscule, but we didn't spend much time in them. As soon as we boarded and got settled in, we explored and got something to eat. At night we all headed to the discotecha and had a fun time just dancing the night away!
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