Wow, how impressed were we visiting Pompeii after reading so much about it over the years!
As soon as you enter the ancient city walls you can't fail to be impressed
El Teatro Grande where they still sometimes have concerts...
...and El Teatro Piccolo where we could get a closer look.
One of the main streets...
...and a close-up of the stepping stones every so often, to avoid stepping in all sorts at the time!
This would have been a shop, even a 'take-away' with food in the troughs.
An inner sanctum
Exquisite frescoes still in place after nearly 2000 years...
...and delicate drawings too.
A less busy street with Vesuvius in the distance. It's hard to believe the city was covered in 6 metres of volcanic ash.
Perhaps Tine & I should have our paintings above the door!
What a cool place to live.
An old oven. The jury is out whether there were pizzas at the time of the disaster!
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