Pompeii, Italy, a place I never thought I would see in my lifetime and a place I have now been to three times. Each time we discover new things. This time was the first I had walked to the Colosseum and the chariot race track.
We also just wandered this time and saw many more frescoes on the walls of homes and just common rooms. This is a wheat grinder with the baking oven in the back ground.
The streets are interesting in that they have large stones in the middle. They are placed so the chariots and carts can travel down the road, but the people can step on the stones without stepping in the water and sewage of the road to cross from side to side. This other picture is showing a fast food place. People would stop here and buy soups and other things to eat.
Theron is in the baths and the wall behind shows how they left a space so the hot water could flow up the wall and heat the room.
The baths are always a favorite spot as is the main entry square of the city.
We were able to see most of the human casts that were made in the excavation. These tell great stories of the instant deaths and sufferings of people who put their hand over their mouth and eyes to prevent the volcanic ash from being breathed in so quickly.
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