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Today was our second day in Naples. Since the hotel would over charge us to eat breakfast there Mrs. Miller and Micheal woke up early and went to get pastries from a Patisserie nearby. They then brought them to our rooms and we ate breakfast there. Once everyone was ready we took the bus to Mount Vesuvius. We got there somewhere around 9:00. We started a bit more than halfway up and it took till around 10:15 till everyone was at the top. The even had small stores set up as checkpoints all the way up if you wanted to take a break and maybe buy something as a souvenir. The sold lots of statues and jewelry made from mostly obsidian plus drinks for the climb. When we finally got to the top we had an amazing view!

After that we went and drove over to Pompeii. We ate lunch at a pizzeria nearby be fore we went in that our bus driver Francisco suggested. He also suggested that we all get their special which consisted of a margarita pizza, french fries, and coke. It wasn't that bad but I wasn't impressed either. Truthfully I believe we could have found a better place to eat. But afterwards we got to go into Pompeii and see the ruins We got to see the forum and the temple of Apollo first. Then we wandered around the city a bit. My favorite part was the theater. The place was amazing, we even got to talk in the center of the theater so that our voices echoed. The best part was when Zerby gave his speech piece there for everyone.

We Also visited one of the villas in the city and the amphitheater. For a bit we couldn't find out where the entrance to the amphitheater was. We were about to give up when we saw

someone else disappear through a passage. The amphitheater was very overgrown, All the steps and the arena where covered in grass. After we were done there we walked back to the forum to take a look at the ash people who were still in Pompeii. We did stop one the way to look at a "good luck symbol" carved into the road from roman times. As we moved on past the bath-houses we also noticed a shop that had been set up replacing a large building. They had set up in the middle of Pompeii to sell food and drinks to the tourists. As we waited outside as some of us bought drinks and candy one of the dogs walking around came up and we noticed that it had one silver eye and one red one which looked really weird , but he was really nice.

To finish up our tour of Pompeii we went a bit farther into the city and looked at one of the brothels. Then we decided to head out. We drove back to our hotel and we had planned to eat lunch at a MacDonald that was on the map nearby. Unfortunately when the Adults went to

check it out before hand they noticed a slight problem. The place was abandoned and all the windows were smashed. Everything had been destroyed. So with that we decided we had no choice but to eat dinner at the same restaurant that we at at the night before. And that summarizes our second day in Naples.

-Luke Odenthal