I took a 3 day Busabout tour of souther Italy heading to Pompei, Sorrento, the Island of Capri and the Amalfi Coast. The bus was mostly split between Canadians and Australians and I was surprised that there wasn't a single American! Our first stop was Pompei which was an ancient Roman city that was bruried under 7 meters of ash from the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. The city was extremely well preserved and they are still continueing with its excavations. We took a 2 hour long tour and were able to see some of the enormous city. When the ash came and burried the city the people were frozen in time and their skeletons were preserved in shape and now their moulds are on display. The highlights we saw were 2 amphitheaters, a bathhouse, the forum and even a brothel! All the locations were excellently preserved. The brothel was hilarious - it had sex pictures on the wall that were still preserved. There were even direction throughout the city pointing towards the nearest brothel . The engravements on the walls and floors were of a penis that was used instead of an arrow to direct people to the brothel.
From Pompei we were off to Sorrento where we were to spend the next 2 nights. There wasn't much to do in Sorrento buch check out the awesome view of the coast. The thing that makes Sorrento and this part of the country famous are its lemons, which are humormous - humungous and enormous. From these lemons they make all sorts of pasteries, candies or a lemon liquor called lemonchello, which is quite nice.
View from Sorrento
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