Napels, Italy

April 21, 2025

Overnight we cruised from Greece to Italy. Last night we cruised through the strait of Messina, with a view of the volcanoes Edna an Stromboli. Apparently Stromboli squirted out some lava later that night. That’s why it is called the lighthouse of the mediterranean.

For today we are anchored in the city of Naples.  There are toomany things to see in Naples to cover in 1 day, so we settled on the ruins of Pompeii. Pompeii got buried in a 20 foot layer of ashes in the year 79AD. At the time of the volcano eruption there were 5000 people living in Pompeii. We got on the bus  for our 1 hour trip to Pompeii. After we got there, things went smoothly getting our tickets and we started our trip up to the ruins. We found the city with its buildings and streets in remarkably good shape. Because the city was covered in ashes instead of lava, it made it relatively easy to excavate. Most people suffocated due to the exposed gasses. The eruption went on for 3 days straight. The city was  located 6 km away from the volcano. We toured the city streets for about three hours before we regrouped at the bottom of the hill and we walked back to the bus. We didn’t leave, till we got our hands on an authentic gelato ice cream cone (they are very good). When we got to Napels we had a late lunch before we went back on board. The remaining part of the City has to wait till our next visit to this City.

I really recommend visiting Pompeii, I could have 

 easily spend several more hours there.

Cheers

Cor and Carol