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Pompeii

This is the look Kyle gave me when he pulled out his camera and saw that there wasn't a memory card in it...which was my fault. But the look didn't come till I pulled out the card reader from my purse that had the memory card still in it, that is when this look came.

Kyle actually had today off which was so nice! Our tour today wasn't until 3:30 so we had a small breakfast then headed over to base so we could go to the Navy Exchange (NEX) which is pretty much the Walmart of the Navy. They have everything there. We bought a bunch of stuff that Kyle needed for his place that I've been make shifting all week without, like hot pads...poor kid the Navy really doesn't teach them much about living on your own, but he can tie a knot like no ones business and get a ship underway no problem. Essential life skills right there.

 We went over to the tour bus on base and it was us and a lady and her baby. We figured it would be a small group. But the bus went over to the other base and picked up the rest of the crew there including our tour guide, Aldo. He was fantastic!!! He knew everything about all of Naples and all of Pompeii. He had so many history facts up his sleeve and was super excited about everything he wanted to tell us! The tour didn't start at Pompeii it stated on the bus! He told us a lot about the city on the drive to Pompeii. Also, Italians spell Pompei with one "I".


This is Aldo, the best tour guide ever!


Aldo called this the first "McDonalds" aka the first fast food place in Pompeii

It was really awesome walking around Pompeii, mainly because Aldo was our guide. He had such mad ADD when it came to telling us about everything. We actually went off route because he saw some places that were opened that haven't been opened in years and was too exited to pass those places up so we got to go inside some places most people don't. I want him as my tour guide for life!


All the streets were this type of stone and if a shop owner didn't want you to drive in front of his place, he put a "stopper" or a block of stone on the curb in front of his store so when your wheel came down the road it would either get destroyed by the stone or stuck on it.


If it weren't for our ADD tour guide, we wouldn't have ever seen this room that had 2 of these casts in it. It was really very creepy to look at them but so interesting at the same time. They were in the mens bathhouse, "spa" Aldo called it.

Our tour that was supposed to end at 6 lasted till past 7. We didn't get to dinner till about 8 and were both starving! We ate at the restaurant on base which is American food, which was nice. I got a burrito and it was delicious, I miss Mexican food so bad it's terrible.


♥ Mae
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Location: Pompeii, Province of Naples, Italy

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