Pompeii

Just like my second post on this blog, we are going to talk about Pompeii. We went there and saw many things and Mom took over 300 pictures there. Can you believe that? I bet its a lot for you. My mom's camera can take over 300 pictures. In 79AD afternoon, Mt. Vesuvius erupted suddenly. Some people were asleep and some were awake. The ones who were asleep were unlucky because they would die any minute. Later, they found those bodies and put them in cases and put them in parts where they found them or they put them in museums. And now they let you see everywhere that they have excavated. But they are still excavating part. It is a huge place to see. Herculaneum also. It is another town like Pompeii and the same way Mt. Vesuvius erupted and some people died there. Here are some pictures of what we saw.

POMPEI:

These are fountains at Pompeii:



Two stones means one way street and three stones means two way street:



This is me and dad being funny. This is an bar or restaurant or cafe:


Me and Mom at our picnic lunch place in Pompeii:


This is a cute dog in Pompeii:

Me figuring out the map in Pompeii:

The first poppy of spring in Pompeii:


HERCULANUEM:

This is another town other than Pompeii.

This is a statue of a man and in front of him is a tomb in Herculaneum:

Getting ready for Italy

I am happy that we are going to Italy but I am also sad that I am going to leave my friends in kindergarten. But I'll come back next year. The exciting thing about Italy is that I can make new friends. But the not so exciting part is that they don't speak English. The happy part is that I'm going to have three beds in my new room in Rome. And the sad part is that Mount Vesuvius erupted a long time ago and people died...but not very many. Some went away from Mount Vesuvius and never died, until they were old enough to. We saw a Pompeii exhibit and I have a book about Pompeii that starts when the earthquake began to the death of Pompeii. These people did not have TV or radio so they never knew when Mount Vesuvius would erupt. After Italy, I am going to get a pet bunny.

[Logo from the Pompeii exhibit Danielle saw at the Birmingham Art Museum over Xmas]