Pompeii & Amalfi Coast

On Day 4 of the cruise, we were at the Port of Naples. It was a beautiful day. We were off the ship at 8:00 am and met our driver/guide. I have to mention that it was a little bit cheaper for us to do these private tours than go thru NCL. Mainly because we paid for the car/driver and not by individual prices. Since we are a family of 5 it was more cost efficient. However, NCL does stress that you are not covered if anything should happen and they will not wait for you if you are late getting back to the ship. We never had any problems.

Since we had a head start, we had Pompeii all to ourselves before the big groups came which was about an hour later.
Pompeii was one of our favorite places. The ash really preserved so much history.

We had an honorary family member for a while. Pompeii is also a shelter for rescued dogs. They just roam around looking for attention. They were all very well behaved but this dog wasn't going to let any of the other dogs get close to us.

They had castings of some people and how they died. It was very saddening but amazing how they were able to capture the expressions and positions of these people.

The pointed bottoms on the pots is so they would remain upright in the sand on the bottom of the ships.

Our tour guide for Pompeii was wonderful. He was 74 years old and a Professor of History and has lived in Pompeii all of his life. He made the sight so enjoyable because he was always talking for the entire 2 hours.

Devin captured a pretty picture of a garden.

At the front entrance they had a mosaic of a dog that says "Beware of Dog". This was 90 B.C. It was normal for a dog to be chained at the front entrance.

One of many streets of Pompeii.

The big stones are stepping stones for when the streets filled up with water. You can even notice where the wagons went thru. The dimensions are the same as many things today.

A beautiful mosaic fountain.

After Pompeii, we drove for about 3 hours along the Amalfi Coast. It was a scenic drive but very narrow and back n forth.

This is the town of Positano. It is usually very crowded and busy but we were there in the off season.

One more family picture to end the day.