Day 6

Today we saw Pompeii.  That was exciting, and I have always wanted to see Pompeii and the people that were just covered and preserved in ash.  Our tour was Marco.  He was very good, he explained how the city was in ancient times and Tripod lady was his pretend wife.  He would say “and you ask me why Marco, why?”  It was very hot and it was before noon, I felt bad for the stray dogs looking for food, water and shade.  We saw the red light district, where there were ancient pornographic frescos in a brothel.  After walking around the ancient ruins of Pompeii we went back on the bus to travel to Brindisi to catch a ferry, that will take us to Greece.  It was sad saying good-bye to Giuseppe, good thing we got a group picture with him!  The rooms on the ferry were extremely small and claustrophobic.  The bathroom was even worse and the showerhead had no holder so it was awkward taking a shower.  The water went everywhere too.  There was not much to do on the ferry until 11 PM when the disco opened up.  Our group had a lot of fun there because we were the only ones in the place.  The beds were sort of uncomfortable, but I still managed to fall asleep.