This
ampitheatre is the oldest known Roman one, and held nearly 12,000
people! In fact, some of the benches still have their numbers on
them, so I guess there was reserved seating for those. Pretty
cool.
October 26
Pompei
3.5 hours by train to Pompei. It is amazing! I did not get a guide, but I would strongly recommend it next time. There is just too much to see and too much to learn here. It is unbelievably dense and well preserved. I could almost imagine the people living there and their daily life. Overall, I was stunned, much as I was in Tikal.
This
ampitheatre is the oldest known Roman one, and held nearly 12,000
people! In fact, some of the benches still have their numbers on
them, so I guess there was reserved seating for those. Pretty
cool.
This picture is of the big forum, which sadly got blacked out (oh how art imitates life) by the Visuvious mountain in the background.
A long train ride back, and then a few Guinness later it was a fond good bye and many thanks to Tiziana and all the gang for making such a great time in Rome!!
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