Again, I awoke early in Naples to take pictures of the sunrise and pulling into the port. Our excursion started early in the morning with a trip to Pompei, the ancient Greek village that was decimated by the volcanic eruption of the nearby volcano of Vesuvius.

Stationed right outside of Pompei was a cameo factory and limoncello store. Where tourists come, vendors hawk their stuff. :)

Anyway, Pompei was amazing. [Edit: Only when I geotagged all my photos did I realize we didn't even see 1/4 of the city!]

The bodies that I photographed were actually made of plaster. When Pompei was being excavated (from the ash of the volcano) it had entombed some victims who long ago had decomposed, leaving behind only their bones. The archaeologists poured plaster into the space they left behind to produce casts of the people in their last moments.

Next we made our way to the trendy town of Sorrento and took a hydrofoil to the even more trendy town of Capri. Capri is reached via funiculare (cable car) and full of shops like Versace and Fendi, etc.

Once we returned to the boat, we again took the opportunity to trek into the city, and found a great little pizza shop for some Margarita pizza, where we met Antonio! His shop is literally right up the street from the port, and I highly recommend you stop by and try not only his pies, but his home made limoncello too!

As we departed I took pictures of the port, and again, the seagulls. Yesterday, I thought it was a novelty, but they apparently like to follow the boats out to sea... Maybe they are conditioned to follow fishing trawlers because of the chum they leave behind their nets?