Tuesday, July 10, 2012

Cruise part 2

After the agree of Florence and Pisa, Andrea and I decided to purchase an excursion for Naples. The main attraction in Naples is Pompeii. Pompeii is a city that was destroyed by a volcano in 79 AD. It was covered with 22 feet of ash and about 250 years ago it was discovered. Vegetation had begun growing on top of the ash, and that why people didn't know there was a city under the vegetation. When archeologists began discovering the city they found bones and pockets in the ash. They pumped plaster into the pockets and found casts of bodies and tools. It was incredible to see the city of Pompeii after almost 300 years of digging. The city is still not fully uncovered but we were lucky enough to tour the city with a guide and had transportation to and from Pompeii. It was an awesome experience it was extremely hot and that was a bummer to deal with but definitely worth it!
The next day was another day at sea. My mission was to roast myself in the sun! =) I succeeded! I love being tan and take any opportunity I can to get some color! That night we decided to go to the night club once again. We had been almost every night and had this awesome waiter named henry! He would always give us great deals on drinks! We decided to get out picture with him because he was so awesome! He also called me lassie instead of lacy which in not my new nickname to michael haha! I had also met some Latino women he first night we went and danced for hours with them because my group was being lame and didn't want to dance. I ran Into these women again and danced with them again. They were so fun!!
The next day was Santorini Greece! We all purchased an island drive excursion because they said with the difficulties getting up the mountain by donkey could delay our return and the ship may leave us. The island drive was nice. We got a free wine tasting and some incredible views of the city!
The next day we ported in Athens and sadly disembarked the ship! =/ we got a cab to our hostel and briefly walked around Athens. We got to see the Parthenon and a temple. We were pretty worn out so we went to bed early so we could be ready for our flight the following day.
We flew into Manchester and met up with 2 of Andrea's friends from England. Once we got back to Liverpool I began packing and finishing my portfolio!

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