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Honeymoon, Day 2, Part 1

July 13, 2004

View of Naples on the way up Mt. Vesuvius

We drove part of the way up and then hiked the rest

Where we started the hike; look above Matt's head!

Very, very steep

View of Naples

Resting; it's a long way up!

Made it! Here's what looking down inside it looks like

Steam coming up from the side (it's hard to see)

It's overdue for an eruption, but they have a 30-day notice

We walked around the rim

Matt on the rim of the volcano

Pretty steep on both sides

Erin in a solified-lava cave

Sign for Mt. Vesuvius

Afterwards, we went to a cameo-making factory

Matt now knows what a cameo is

Erin with the wall of purple flowers

We had no idea Pompeii would be so huge!

At the forum, which is the city center

Matt at the forum (you can see our guide)

Erin mocking a statue

Lots of columns everywhere; it was all well-preserved

Mt. Vesuvius looks rather ominous in the background

Erin and Matt at the forum

Very few things are actually shielded from visitors

They used to sacrifice goats here; there were many temples

Most of the people are at the museum in Naples, but here are some

Freaky looking...

This guy was holding a blanket to cover himself

There are lots of brightly-colored frescos everywhere

This is one of the main streets (with Erin eating ice cream)

Large arches like this one were near the city center

This shows how you can just climb on ruins that are 2000 years old

Temple to...Erin!

Matt checking out our city map. The roof behind him is fake

The baths are the most well-preserved part of the city

Atlas holding up the wall in the men's baths

The baths even have roofs - very rare to find

Erin at the baths

This is a bakery - you can see the ovens

At the brothel, where images like this were over the doors

The Temple of Venus is next to the exit (mostly ruins)