Pompeii!!

What a fantastic day ! The sun was shining, Vesuvius was in full view and our minds were working overtime as we wandered the streets of Ancient Pompeii. We visited numerous important sites including the Amphitheatre, the bakery, the palestra, the macellum, the theatre and many thermopolium, where we even got served a snack!
After, it was a short bus ride to Boscoreale, where we saw plenty of ancient artifacts discovered in and around Pompeii. We even got to visit Villa Regina, an ancient farm that produced wine.
Then it was on the bus for some fun in the sun in Sorrento, where Ms. Muir treated us all to some yummy gelato and a walk to the beach! We all dipped our feet in the refreshing water and a great day was had by all.
Tommorow we're off to Herculaneum before returning to Ambrit around 630pm. We can't wait to share all our stories!

5M Climbs Vesuvius

After a long journey from Rome, 5M made it to the summit of Mount Vesuvius! It was a long and tiring journey, we met our guide who told us many many interesting things about the volcano. Luckily we just missed the rain as when we were leaving it started to rain like cats and dogs! Tomorrow its off to Pompeii to see how the Romans lived. Cross your fingers the weather clears up! Ciao for now!

5C visits Pompeii

Here are our reflections and some photos of our day at Pompeii! We had a great time living like Ancient Romans, going to the Thermal Baths, the amphitheatre to be like gladiators, buying and selling goods in the Macellum and baking bread in one of the 35 excavated bakeries.

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Pompeii Reflections
I really liked Pompeii, I found it very interesting. It was tiring though, because it was difficult to walk on Roman streets because of the varied rocks they used to build them. M.P

I liked to see dead people because I never saw them even if I felt sorry for them, at the same time I didn't like it so much. I even liked the baths because I think it is so wonderful to relax. B.O.

I really like Pompeii. Pompeii is very interesting because you can't see this anywhere else. It's also very cute. R.M.

It is very interesting with all the baths and markets and I took a lot of photos, My favourite part was Via Dell'Abbondanza. L.A.

The best part was the Amphitheatre. It was very well preserved and it was especially interesting how Roman architechture went so far! A.D.B.

I really liked the Macellum because I never seen it before. I didn't like the bakery because I didn't find it really interesting. D.T.

I think it was a good idea to have us doing presentations on each thing. Also, that we were in partners for example I might not have known things that my partner knew. Also, so you can compare what information you had. It is the best trip ever! A.G.

The bad thing about Pompeii is that some tourists did some horrible graffiti on the walls. O.J.

The thing I liked about Pompeii is that it is really well preserved. S.B.H.

The thing I liked about Pompeii was that it was preserved. M.K.

My favourite place was the theatre. It was really big, nice and well preserved and I understood everything about it, thanks to the presentation. O.C.


My favourite place was the theatre because it got preserved so well and because it was not crowded. F.V.V.

The thing that interested me the most was the amphitheatre because I was really surprised by how small the gate of death was. Also for what they did to criminals. A.L.P.


Today I really enjoyed visiting the farm. I liked seeing how a farm actually was. D.P.

My favourite part of Pompeii was the thermopolium because I like to eat! G.

One thing I really enjoyed was hopping on the stones used as a sidewalk in Ancient times. It was so much fun. BEST TRIP EVER! S.H.R

Today I enjoyed everything because I like to see how Ancient Romans lived. I didn't like today's weather. Z.G.

5C Climbs Vesuvius!

Hi all!
Well we made it! After a long journey from Rome we finally climbed the Ancient Mt Vesuvius. Unfortunately the weather was TERRIBLE!! We could hardly see 1 metre in front of us! Not many of our photos were good for the internet unfortunately, because there was just too much fog and mist! However, after about 30minutes the skies cleared and we had a fantastic view of the crater, the bay of Naples and Napoli! We were very lucky! Here is one of the good photos we managed to get. Tomorrow we are hoping for more good weather as we head to Pompeii.

5L in Herculaneum

Exploring Ancient Pompeii

Click here to see pictures of our day in Pompeii.

5L Climbs Mt. Vesuvius

On Wednesday, March 25th, we climbed to the top of Mt. Vesuvius.

We ate lunch before starting on the hike.

Our guide shared a lot of information about Mt. Vesuvius.

We were joined by a second guide

as we left the tourist trail and began

a hike around the rim to the other side.

We had an opportunity to descend into the crater.

Mt. Vesuvius was freezing. I have to admit it was a little sc ary walking around the crater. (IM)

When we went hiking my legs got really tire. I learned more about Mt. Vesuvius and how they can tell if it will erupt. (HLP)

I had fun hiking even though some parts were tiring and difficult. It was fun with the guidfes who were very friendly and nice. (LC)

When I was on Mt. Vesuvius it was kin-of freaky because it was high, actually very high! What really impressed me was that there were different kinds of ricks there. (OM)

I thought going up Mt. Vesuvius was really cook because we got to see the crater. (AL)

It has been exciting to climb up Mt. Vesuvius. I didn't imagine that it would be so cold up there. It was scary when we walked to the top edge of the volvano. (CR)

I thought the hike up Vesuvius was fun because I learned a lot. It was very cold and interesting. (JBM)

I liked the trip a lot, especialy when we did the hike into a part of the volcano where there were many hot vapors. I couldn't believe we had a hike on an active volcano. (ADV)

he trek to go to the crater was very long. I was impressed by how big Mount Visuvius was. he collest partof the trip was when we weant all around the crater abnd touched the vapors. (MS)

I was impressed that before Mt. Vesuvius erupted it was 2050 km high. Now it is 1280 km high.

I didn't like the beginning when it was only up hill. I liked when we were in the crater. (IT)

The hike was really fun. It was nice walking on the rium of Vesuvius and then into a part of the crater. (SB)

I thought Vesuvius was fun. ure it was tiring, but I learned a lot and I liked going into the crater. (WM)

he hike was awesome and a great experience. I think it was pretty cool to stand on the edge of the crater. (VT)

The trip was exciting. It hlped me overcome my fear of heights. (SS)

It was very tiring. It stunk of sulfer. (SL)

The hardest part for me was climbing up the volvano to see io the crater. It was huge. (BF)