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Pompei / Amalphi Coast Exploration Day 2
We spent two nights and the day here, and were offered the choice to tour the ancient city of Pompei, or to ride to the Amalphi Coast, one of Europe's most beautiful coastlines. But we were warned that seaside traffic was always a night- mare on the coastal road. I had actually watched countless Amalphi coast tour videos on YouTube to prepare for my trip before I came to Italy, so instead, I choose to stay and tour the ancient city with an experienced tour guide that Edel- weiss had arranged for us for a small fee. I was here for the history of Italy and I wouldn't be disappointed.
Opposite page: The entrance to our Hotel Forum in new Pompei, located just across the street from the ancient city of Pompei historical site.
Left: When volcanic ash from Vesuvius suddenly buried the city of Pompei the citi- zens were trapped in place, some holding on to loved ones. Over the 1800 years until discovered, their bodies decayed away leaving their fallen figures cast in ash, into which archaeologists inserted tubes and poured down plaster to bring them back as these suffocated statues.
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