Herculaneum and A Lost Bag

     Although we have been home for a few days,   We have not

had a chance to complete a blog on our last day.   Needless to say it has been busy here getting the house and yard in shape after being away for almost 3 weeks.  I have posted a series of photos from the trip that roughly match up with the post for the day. You can view it at :"Del Col Travels".

    Our afternoon trip in Naples was to the buried town of

Last Sunset

Herculaneum.  We had been to Pompeii before and chose the other local town buried in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius.  Pompeii was covered in ash but Herculaneum was covered in mud.  The difference is that this city of about 2,000 people - the port of the larger city - is actually much better preserved.  Only a small portion has been reconstructed.  Most of it is under the current town.  As a result of the mud preservation, excavations revealed its well preserved Roman Villas.  After a slow start our guide turned out to be excellent.  At the end of the tour, we both think that we have seen enough ruins to last us a bit!
       Our trip home was long and although we had a direct flight, it took over 17 hours from the time we left the ship until we were picked up in Toronto.  Some of that was spent waiting for a bag that somehow was left in Rome.  One arrived, the other did not.  However we finally got our last bag today!   In all it was a great trip through the ancient worlds of the Mediterranean Sea region.