We were given these radio thingies that you plug a head phone (which they also give you) so we could hear the guide, we were on our way to Pompeii
We get to Pompeii and are led around to the entrance
You can just about make out Mount Versuvius in the background
Some fresco's
They are constantly uncovering and and restoring things
We're still not through the gates yet but this is where you walk up when you go through - it is quite steep
The cobble stones, all the roads were made of this
It's incredible what survived
This gives you an idea of the scale, the large map on the left is indicated by the red square on the smaller map on the right
The roads would be covered by human and animal waste so for people to cross they put in steping stones, but the horses and carriages still had to go along the road so the made gaps for the wheels!
Later on we found some larger stones and I thought we should do an Abbey Road tribute
You can tell what was original and what had been restored