13 of December
Today we went to visit Pompeii. It
was amazing to see it in real life. We learnt so much about it that we didn’t
know. It was a very wealthy city and was on the water’s edge but because of the
eruption more land was made and so it is now further in land. It was
interesting to see how many artefacts got saved. There were boxes piled high of
them and even then there were still some lying around because there was no
room. We bought a book which gave you before and after shots of what it would
have looked like. This helped us see where different things were and how things
were used and worked. The city was very big and had many streets so it was easy
to get lost. It was especially easy with the fact that many of the streets were
blocked off from public access. We did find our way in the end. One of my
favourite things I learnt about was that in order to clean the streets they
flooded them and for people to be able to cross the road without get wet they
made stepping stones for them to use. We used these when we were getting around
and pretended that the streets were getting flooded. Once we had finished in
Pompeii we went to another town which got preserved by the volcano called
Herculaneum. This city was much smaller but was better preserved. While Pompeii
got hit by a lot of ash and pumice, Herculaneum was hit by a mud slide because
it was much closer to Mount Vesuvius. We could even see where the mud had stuck
to the metal bars on the windows. We had a short look around there and then
went back home and had a well needed rest after all the walking we did.
Amelia
14 of December
Today we drove to Rome. It was a
long drive so we had some stops on the way. We packed up our house and drove to
the coast and because we were in Italy and the Mediterranean Sea was right
there we felt obliged to have a swim. It is winter but we really wanted one. So
one of our stops was to have a swim. We parked the car and had a long descent
down to the beach. Once we got down the beach we found a sheltered spot where
we undressed into swimmers. It was quite cold in the water and as another
disadvantage there was a cool breeze blowing as well. We gritted out teeth and
went in. I was the first to get fully under and after such an experience it
was a shame that we forgot to bring towels! We used our T-shirts as a
substitute. Once we got back into our clothes we had the grueling walk back to
the top. We counted that there were 922 steps give or take a few. We then got
into the car and drove to Rome. It wasn’t nice to be in another city but
exciting to be in Rome. We unpacked the car and then had to walk for twenty
minutes to find our apartment. It wasn’t a pleasant walk because we had to
carry everything and had to wear our puffer jackets. This made us sweat a lot.
Once we got into the apartment we were all so tired we had dinner (which was
pizza) and went to bed.
Amelia
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