Day 209 - Ancient speed bumps

Rome - Candia Residences

An early train trip to Pompei today (via Naples), three trains and three and a half hours later we arrived, with the still active Mt Vesuvius in the background.

It was a little difficult to negotiate as they had run out of maps and it is very poorly signposted. We wandered around aimlessly for a while, finding some interesting mosaics in a very quiet area, before following the crowds and getting back to the main areas. We then managed to see most of the major sights, including the famous mummified bodies from the eruption. The streets are interesting as the cobblestones are heavily grooved from the carts and have speed bumps on them ... speed bumps have been around for a long time!

We had originally hoped that after Pompei we could go up to Vesuvius (it would have been easy as there were plenty of people outside the station offering their services), but we didn't have enough time, instead we headed back to Naples to have a look around. The vicinity around the railway station seemed a little seedy, but as we had to get our train back to Rome we didn't have a chance to go any further afield.