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1st June 2026 |
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Part 1 - Naples & Pompeii
A very early start to walk to the main railway
station to catch the 06:00 high speed train to Naples to go on to Pompeii
and Mount Vesuvius...
At 05:10 the Spanish Steps were almost empty...
Barely awake...
Fontana de Morbiducci outside a government building...
The journey was just over an hour and had no stops,
the regular train can take 3 hours...
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Cappucino and
appropriately a Vesuviella cake...
The unifier of
Italy, Guiseppe Garibaldi with the obligatory seagull on his head...
Pompeii
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Amphitheatre...
Street views...
Stepping stones,
as the street was also a sewer..
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Inside a wealthy
villa...
Frescoes...
Mosaics...
More frescoes...
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Writing on the
walls would be either political messages or adverts...
Pompeii is so
huge that it's still being excavated...
Beware of the
Dog mosaic...
More decorative mosaics...
21...
Roman obsession
with the phallus... on a wall...
Above a door...
there were also phallic markers on the floor directing people to the red
light district...
Brothel (lupa
meaning wolf was often associated with prostitution)...
Brothel bedroom...
Brothel frescoes...
