Wednesday, May 22, 2019

Ancient Ruins (5-21 Recap)

Today (5-21) we went to Pompeii and Herculeum. Both cities were preserved by the volcano. Pompeii was covered in ash and Herculeum was covered by mud. I loved seeing the buildings and the original Roman streets.


The ruins of Zeus’ temple with Mount Vesuvius in the background

Ruins of Herculeum

Roman two-story building in Herculeum

at

1 comment:

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)
  • Freestyle Tourism (5-30 Recap)
    Yesterday (5-31), was our free day. We joined a walking group for a bit, then split off on our own. The main things we saw were: the Temple...
  • The City of David, Both of Them (5-29 Recap)
    Today we visited both Cities of David. His hometown, Bethlehem, and his capital, Jerusalem. First we visited his capital. Ancient Jerusalem...
  • Long Flights (6-1 Recap)
    Here’s what I wrote on Sunday: “We are finally back in Albuquerque. I was on a plane for about 18 hours yesterday (6-1). At the LA Air...