Pompeii & Naples

In between our two days in Rome we had a day tour to Naples and Pompeii. Naples was so beautiful, located in the south of Italy right on the western coast. The rocks were white, water turquoise and palm trees everywhere. After taking a stop in Naples we stopped at the Cameo Factory. Cameos is a type of jewelry made of either onyx or seashell and they carve out a sillhoette or a womens face on it. I bought a ring and a necklace for a friend there.

Next we stopped at Pompeii. Pompeii started 700BC and was first devestated by a huge earthquake and then by an erruption of Mount Vesuvius. So we had a tour through the ruins of this city this was so interesting because it was like the place was frozen in time. There was still places to tie up the horse, wine shops, houses with frescos on the walls and ...brothels. I don't mean to sound like a perv but this was my favorite part of Pompeii. He showed us these engravings on the ground of large mens private parts that were made into arrows pointing to the brothels. In Pompeii there are 25 brothels which is ridiculous because its not that big! It makes me think that every woman had a job on the side!!! Inside the brothels the rooms had beds that still had the mattresses, blankets and pillow there (of course hardened by the ash). The frescos had paintings of different positions that they could choose from....creative.