Does It Almost Feel Like You've Been Here Before?

The next morning, we first took to the grocery store to buy our breakfast/lunch. We saved a lot of money just going to grocery stores throughout our trip, instead of buying every single meal. After our shopping, we headed to the ruins, which were literally right next door to our campsite, which was really nice. You may think, "Jeez, Mara. You've seen all this stuff already, are you even having any fun? How can any of it be interesting?" My friends, of course I'm having fun! Yes, I've been to these places, but each time I'm learning something new and making new memories, as well as recalling the old ones. I loved going through the ruins again because I didn't get to see as much as I thought I did the first time I was there. Also, funniest part, I saw my old tour guide! He was giving a private tour to a couple, but I was really excited. Anyway, I never realized how wide the ruins actually stretched until this visit. There was a lot of territory I hadn't explored, including many little houses and another place where there were more bodies displayed. I was even able to see the first body ever discovered there, which was a woman running away (incredibly sad, I know).

This body makes me the most sad

One of the new places I hadn't seen

Great clouds roll over the hills

And the walls kept tumbling down

In the city that we love

We spent many hours in the ruins and in the sun, which, you guessed it, burned me. We returned to our room and we all agreed we should go farther in to town for dinner that night. I tried to research some great places to eat, but nothing stuck out to us. So, we went out just winging it. And, man, am I glad we did! We stumbled upon a little place that was completely deserted, except for a short Italian man. He invited us in, and pulled out chairs for us. He was a funny little man, who insisted on teaching us Italian, so we had to try our best when ordering. Everything was extremely cheap (I'm talking I got a plate of pasta for 4 euro when it's usually 10 at most restaurants) and we enjoyed being the only ones in the shop. I loved making jokes with him, and he applauded my attempts at Italian. Because I wasn't spending much, I decided to order dessert, in which he brought me a cute plate where he wrote his name in chocolate. I made another new friend, a cook named Lucius. He liked us so much, that he brought us some complimentary, home made, lemonchello (Italy is famous for this type of alcohol). It was not my favorite, but it was alright!

Yes, I know that's the cut off top of an ice-cream cone
I don't care

It was a bit strong, but still special!

I felt very lucky to have been able to explore the city of Pompeii, because it was something I wasn't able to do last time. It was a cute little town, to the point where if I had to live in Italy, I might actually choose to live there. Once again, we went home full and happy to our beds at the campsite.

*If you don't understand my title or some of my captions, listen to the song Pompeii by Bastille*