Travel and Ercolano
Italy,
Travel day, 10/10/18
Today I left chapter a little after 11 and made my way to St pancreas. I then got on an 11;35 train to Gatwick airport. I got to Gatwick around 12:45 and then momentarily freaked out because of how big it is. I was expecting it to be more like the size of Manchester Airport. I made it through security after being screened not once but twice because to quote Jonathan I’m “shady as shit.” I forgot in Europe that once you make it through security you are hit with ALL the duty free stuff. By the time I escaped I had an hour until my gate was announced so I found somewhere to sit and read a little bit. Then I walked back to the chaos to find out where I will be boarding. I then found a spot to sit near the gate and waited for boarding. Then as you would expect… I got on the plane. In my row it is just me and this old Italian lady, she reminds me of Ms. Boland, my 6th grade science teacher. Across the aisle from me is this really cute British girl and her mum, kind of like a brunette penny. I have played some games and read a little more and now I am typing this wondering when we are going to arrive-hopefully soon because my but keeps falling asleep.
When I get off the plane I will go through customs and then get on the Leonardo Express, which will drop me off at Roma Termini station-a 10 minute walk from the hostel.
More to come later
Later- I got on an earlier train thinking that everything would be fine with that. LOL nope. Had to pay a fee and get a second ticket-whoops. Then I got to the Hostel. It is so nice-even nicer than the one inEdinburgh. Emily, one of the people I am sharing with, is from Summerville MA. She invited me out last night but I was so tired that I just hung out in bed.
Ercolano , 10/11/18
So I didn’t sleep great last night but oh well. I got up around 8 ish, after falling asleep after Nat’s text at 2 am, and headed out to the train station. I lucked out and was able to get an 8:50 train to Naples, a guy came up and asked if I needed help and I said no because that is how the pickpockets get you-Go Me adulting in the city. I got there a little after 10 and then made my way to the circusvenia, which is essentially the commuter rail to Ercolano Scavi and then walked to the site. It was incredible! Let’s play a game called Olivia regurgitates fun facts that she learned.
The city was hit with material from Vesuvius eruption but because of the chemicals everything was carbonized so some of the original wood is there as well.
The city is estimated to be home to around 4,000 people. That is 2/5 of littleton in a significantly smaller area.
As mentioned above the wood was carbonized so Herculaneum is one of the only cities where we can actually see what beds used to look like.
Many of the original frescos have remained because of the carbonization.
Since this was a sea side town a lot of the frescos feature marine focused art.
But not all because some of them are just plain colors (typically red or orange) or city scapes.
There are 4 periods of frescos but there is some definite overlap between them.
Many of the remaining structures are named based on their characteristics because that is all that is known abou them.
In one structure they found the remains of a terra cotta pot that had actual hazelnuts in them
FUN LATIN FACT; there were public toilets back in the ancient days and here is a picture of one.
Then I walked back to the train station to go to another train station and it started to rain as I walked back to the hostel. I did not pack my rain jacket because I didn’t think that it was actually going to rain. I will go out for dinner soon but I am not really hungry yet.
IMAGES WILL COME WHEN I GET BACK TO LONDON! I CAN NOT UPLOAD THEM HERE! PL
Lease show patience
Me
Travel day, 10/10/18
Today I left chapter a little after 11 and made my way to St pancreas. I then got on an 11;35 train to Gatwick airport. I got to Gatwick around 12:45 and then momentarily freaked out because of how big it is. I was expecting it to be more like the size of Manchester Airport. I made it through security after being screened not once but twice because to quote Jonathan I’m “shady as shit.” I forgot in Europe that once you make it through security you are hit with ALL the duty free stuff. By the time I escaped I had an hour until my gate was announced so I found somewhere to sit and read a little bit. Then I walked back to the chaos to find out where I will be boarding. I then found a spot to sit near the gate and waited for boarding. Then as you would expect… I got on the plane. In my row it is just me and this old Italian lady, she reminds me of Ms. Boland, my 6th grade science teacher. Across the aisle from me is this really cute British girl and her mum, kind of like a brunette penny. I have played some games and read a little more and now I am typing this wondering when we are going to arrive-hopefully soon because my but keeps falling asleep.
When I get off the plane I will go through customs and then get on the Leonardo Express, which will drop me off at Roma Termini station-a 10 minute walk from the hostel.
More to come later
Later- I got on an earlier train thinking that everything would be fine with that. LOL nope. Had to pay a fee and get a second ticket-whoops. Then I got to the Hostel. It is so nice-even nicer than the one inEdinburgh. Emily, one of the people I am sharing with, is from Summerville MA. She invited me out last night but I was so tired that I just hung out in bed.
Ercolano , 10/11/18
So I didn’t sleep great last night but oh well. I got up around 8 ish, after falling asleep after Nat’s text at 2 am, and headed out to the train station. I lucked out and was able to get an 8:50 train to Naples, a guy came up and asked if I needed help and I said no because that is how the pickpockets get you-Go Me adulting in the city. I got there a little after 10 and then made my way to the circusvenia, which is essentially the commuter rail to Ercolano Scavi and then walked to the site. It was incredible! Let’s play a game called Olivia regurgitates fun facts that she learned.
The city was hit with material from Vesuvius eruption but because of the chemicals everything was carbonized so some of the original wood is there as well.
The city is estimated to be home to around 4,000 people. That is 2/5 of littleton in a significantly smaller area.
As mentioned above the wood was carbonized so Herculaneum is one of the only cities where we can actually see what beds used to look like.
Many of the original frescos have remained because of the carbonization.
Since this was a sea side town a lot of the frescos feature marine focused art.
But not all because some of them are just plain colors (typically red or orange) or city scapes.
There are 4 periods of frescos but there is some definite overlap between them.
Many of the remaining structures are named based on their characteristics because that is all that is known abou them.
In one structure they found the remains of a terra cotta pot that had actual hazelnuts in them
FUN LATIN FACT; there were public toilets back in the ancient days and here is a picture of one.
Then I walked back to the train station to go to another train station and it started to rain as I walked back to the hostel. I did not pack my rain jacket because I didn’t think that it was actually going to rain. I will go out for dinner soon but I am not really hungry yet.
IMAGES WILL COME WHEN I GET BACK TO LONDON! I CAN NOT UPLOAD THEM HERE! PL
Lease show patience
Me
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