Rise and shine! After breakfast we decided to try our skills at riding the train into Pompeii. First we had to find the station. We ended up stopping at a hotel and asking if they had a map and where the station was. They were kind enough to point us in the right direction. We walked through the streets for about 20 minutes before coming to the station. We bought a ticket from the ticket counter lady who spoke almost no English and headed down the stairs to find the train. We looked around and it appeared there were other tourists getting on the train as well. This one Korean guy stood up and said "I think we are all from the cruise ships. For today we should be friends". We were fine with having a small group so we agreed and engaged in the small talk. They were all from either Carnival or Royal Caribbean. But they spoke English so it was nice to have a conversation with them. The train ride was about an hour before arriving in Pompeii. I had hoped we could get a group discount, but no luck :-( The group kind of disbanded at the entrance but we stayed with Mr & Mrs Kwan and their mother in law. The ruins were amazing. Mt Vesuvius was a volcano that blew in 79AD covering the entire city with ash. In the 1600s the city was rediscovered and was largely still in tact! We walked through the cobble stone roads and saw the temple columns, colosseums, neighborhoods, tombstones, statues. We also got the audio guide to listen to so that we could understand what we were looking at. It was a hot day and by 3pm we were exhausted. The Kwans had to be back by 5:30 too, so we headed to the train station. I think we got little distracted on the train and got off one stop early which I guess wasn't too terrible it just meant a little extra walking :-) That night we had a nice dinner and then went to the evening "magic" show. It was quite entertaining. We went to bed early. Tomorrow would be a big day- Rome.
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