Up Pompeii!

We had a good drive from Bari to Salerno through wall to wall olive trees! Never seen so many olives.  We arrived in Salerno in the pouring rain and couldn't find the hotel, although we knew it was on the sea front. I went to ask some policeman for directions, and was pretty impressed to get us a police escort to the hotel foyer!! Haven't lost my knack yet then!!

Next morning we left in a hail storm and set off for Pompeii. Back in the campervan, we checked into a site in an orange grove right at the entrance to the Pompeii excavations. I had to find my coat today, it's the first time I've needed it since the spring! We went for a walk in search of a supermarket and couldn't believe what a dump Pompeii town was. Then we went for another walk in the other direction and found that actually Pompeii is a really nice town. So pleased we went for the second walk or we'd never have known.

Today we've been into the ruined city. Dave thinks it'll be nice when it's finished! It's much bigger than we expected, it really is a whole town and you can see houses, the forum, theatres etc.

 

Even for the uneducated like ourselves, it's an amazing place with lots to see.

 

 

                               No sign of Frankie Howerd anywhere........" Ooo no, titter ye not !"

 

That's Mount Vesuvius in the background, fortunately not erupting! Tomorrow we're planning to visit Herculaneum and take a trip up to the volcano.

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