We ate a quick breakfast in the Great Outdoors (I couldn't get enough of the made-to-order omelets). Then we had to rush off the ship to join our excursion to Sorrento and Pompeii.
We saw a quick glimpse of Naples as we headed out of town. By the way, why do we call it Naples when it is actually Napoli?
Anyway, we took a bus to Sorrento, a penninsula near the shin of the Italian boot. Despite driving on roadways hundreds of feet above the sea, we witnessed motorcycles and scooters darting in and out of cars constantly. How they get insurance is beyond me. We went shopping when we arrived in Sorrento and nearly bought a cool briefcase (we later regretted not getting it).
Then we went to a lemon farm and watched a local farm family show us how to make mozzerella cheese. To avoid an angry mob storming them for the cheese, they fed us a nice lunch.Then it was off to Pompeii. We were told by a few people that we needed to use our imagination at Pompeii but there has been so much excavated that no imagination is necessary. It's just darn cool.
We walked through an ancient bath house, an ancient dwelling, an ancient restaurant, and plenty of other places. There were hundreds of people milling about on various tours. We didn't run into the other tours until we headed for the brothels. There were about seven tours trying to walk through the brothel. Our guide got us in quickly to see five frescos depicting five different prostitional positions. It was basically a menu for the many foreigners in Pompeii to be able to explain their order.But Pompeii is more than old brothels and frescos. It also has street signs pointing to the brothels from various places in the city. The signs don't use words but just a stone image. We have a picture of this in our photo archive.
After we got back to the ship, we ate, watched a peculiar music and dance show called "Colorz" and skipped the 70s disco party and shadow dancers in the Bliss Ultra Lounge. We had Rome ahead and needed our sleep.
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