Pompeii was a city built on the south face of mt vesuvius, at the time right on the waters edge. It was buried in 79 AD, and destroyed so quickly that many of its in habitants were buried alive in ash and pyroclastic flow. It was really interesting to walk down the streets of this city and see the buildings and roadways. Much of it has been reconstructed to look similar to what it might have been before the destruction. One of the prettiest I think is the villa of octavius gauis. He was some sort of noble man who owned a vila in the south of the city of pompeii. The fountains and gardens, are beautiful and the frescos on the wall are stunning. I am really excited to share all I have learned about frescos and such with everyone. It is going to be boring for most of you but I find it facinating, not only how quickly the styles and times change, but the extent to which they are different. I am most interested it tell everyone about the villa of mysteries, There were many frescos from a couple of different time periods found on the walls of this villa and there were also a few skeletons found in the building. I cant wait to go back there with my mom and get a close look at the skeletons at this villa because I was not able to see them yesterday.
Anyways, hope everyone is doing well. I am so ready to move along and see something different. Honestly Naples and the surrounding area is getting a little boring. Next time I write I will probably be leaving Naples and begining the last two weeks leg of my journey around western Europe. Laters!
Love,
World Traveller
AKA, Megs
Archaeology
This is what archaeology looks like. Most of the time you bend over into a big hole and scrape away at the dirt for hours at a time
Not archaeology
This picture is from last summer in St. George. Sometimes we loose our minds in the sun and think we are pirates for awhile, I myself went through multiple-personality disorder. I thought I was a pirate, tinkerbell, an indian and we had fights with Russian cosmonauts. Yeah, I lost my mind.
5 comments:
Ooh, Pompeii!
I wish I could walk down its streets.
JEALOUS!! I want to see pictures!
I'm coming! Write a comforting thought to your dad!
Megan, Sister of mine.
I hope you are eating lots of Gelato. I want to know your favorite flavors (you are allowed more than one) by the time you come back. Consider your new assignment to be brushing up all of your favorite stories to tell us on the drive from Boise to Richland because we are driving you and I want to hear everything! By the way, the Gelato guy story was great Haha! That is really funny. I think I will pass it along to my friends Danelle and Brendon because they would appreciate something like that...and Italian... haha! Anyways. I'm so excited for your wonderful travels. Don't forget about us lonely homebodies in the States and I totally have two bedrooms now so you should come up and visit us again and we will go to the Museum of Idaho and look at some mummies! The exhibit is up until November and I think you are pretty much the only person who would enjoy going with me... But we will go and have a great time if you can make it before school starts... not really on the way but a nice side-trip ;D
Love ya!
PS- Hi mom!
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