Buon Giorno!

Pompeii was alright, but very crowded. It's a check in the box- a mandatory destination in southern Italy. I also visited Cumae (Cuma nowadays). It was the major Roman city in the region, but now it's a small park that's hard to find on the road north of Pozzuoli (map). It's relatively uncrowded and has a "Indiana Jones" quality to its Cave of the Sybil. Really cool!

Also, on Saturday night an awesome lightning storm hit Naples. It looked like Zeus was angry!

On Sunday I walked around the Roman Forum and the The Monument to Victor Emanuel II. On Monday, I went to the Colosseum, the Pantheon, and the Vatican.

Tomorrow I head to Naples, Wednesday to London, and Thursday to Washington D.C.