Tuscany country side

Next stop was Siena city where we stayed in a small town called Sovicille
On the way there we came into a little town, which dated from medieval times, called
Casole D'elsa.

Siena was a lovely place to visit. We took advice to skip Florence due to high tourist numbers.

Quaint streets of Siena.

After Siena we drove to Rome. Rome is very big, noisy but bursting with things to see.

Arriving at our new camp we stumbled upon some Aussie travellers who were making an epic trip overland in a double cab ute.
Of course we had many beers together and planned for the next day in Rome.

We went to the Coliseum which is a huge Roman ruin with later medieval add ons.
Italywithus looked after our tickets. Thanks Sara.
The site is huge and there was a lot to take in.

The Coliseum 

The colesium itself is spectacular and standing there trying get to imagine the games that went on there was quite surreal. Lots of people died in that arena.

Another famous spot was the Trivi fountain which was bursting with people.
More selfies get taken than of the fountain . Seems a very popular way to record the holiday. 1000 mug shots with your face and a background.

Managed to find our bus again by walking past the Vatican. Didn’t stop for tea with the Pope as we had to much on that day. Maybe we can send another appointment.



Next stop was Pompeii. Barry and Donna followed us to the camp so we set up and had dinner with red wine and more beers.

Pompeii for me was bucket list stuff so very excited to be there.
Entry into Pompeii was easy and the site was huge. Some jaw dropping stuff.

When you see this it makes you realise that this civilisation was highly advanced.
Here is Barry checking out the package.

The whole place was caught by a sudden volcanic eruption in 79AD.
The people were running from the ash and got caught by the pyroclastic flow killing get them all.

Bodies were covered by many metres of ash and that is where they lay until recently times when Pompeii was unearthed. The gaps in the ash were filled and this is what came out.

Pompeii was a huge site and took its toll on the 4 of us.

We legged it to a nice cafe with cold beer on tap.

The following day we headed to the Amalphi coast.