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Pompeii

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        Okey dokey, Pompeii! We planned to get up all early for this one, as it's one of them top to do things on my travelling list. I don't even really know why. Old stuff, gets me every time. We got the super cheap train the few stops to half way between Vico Equense and Naples, to the Pompeii stop, grabbed some random food and drinks from the stalls and in we go. I thought I was going to get in for cheap or free or something cos I was 25, and on a Euro passport, but turns out you have to be under 25. No biggie. It was a really nice warm day again, lucky us. And into the ruinssssssssssssssssyusssssssssss. Sometimes I get this super excited anxious feeling in my chest when I finally get to do something I'd wanted for ages, and boy oh boy was it on today. Anywho, enough of that, and onto the awesome. It's insane how well preserved the place is, I mean, 79AD, whaaaaaat?!?! Walking d...

a little bit of Italy

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view from our room cosy wee streets faaaaaaaaace sam gettin an angle... doesnt really do the amount of jeans justice, there was about a thousand more i swear  SAM! Vesuvius at night! Right, so now two weeks after writing that first bit haha...we got the train down to Sorrento, which was a cheap as chips 15 minute train ride away. the train station was packed out when we got there, full full full of Italian teens. All wearing blue jeans. It was like Woodstock or something. We'd rugged up to go, and it ended up being quite warm, like jackets and jumpers off warm, which was really good. It made walking around the coast great, and what a pretty coast it was. Quaint little houses and sun and rocky beaches. Great. It ended up being about mid-day when we were there, which meant most the shops were closed when we got there, after the walk around and about to get to the main town part. The thin streets and yellow buildings, ol...