Old stuff and a lot of ice cream

Today I headed to Pompeii and after running for the train (in jandals, not pretty) I made it by 10.30 and was amazed at how big it is! I spent three hours wandering around in a kind of headspin. It's really strange, it is ruins but parts are also so incredibly well preserved that you can imagine people living and walking there quite clearly. I had trouble standing the casts of the people who were dying, they're quite detailed because the ash preserved folds of fabric, and grimaces of pain. I did go to the brothel and I have to say I hope they had mattresses because beds literally made of concrete don't seem very conducive to those kind of relations! I couldn't describe everything I saw, I just spent 3 hours exploring and gazing and trying to avoid other people (not very successfully.)

After Pompeii I headed for Sorrento, it's on the same train track so it was easy. It's a really pretty town and I had a big walk through the little streets. I bought gelato when I arrived (nutella and cherry... mmmm) and walked around the port for a bit. Then I headed to the shopping streets and bought another gelato (bounty bar and 'amore eterno' which was mixed berry.) Yeah... I ate a lot of cold sugar today. It was really really good. And the town was pretty too.

On the bus back from Sorrento I did sleep a bit (I can sleep anywhere) but I also spent a lot of time trying to judge whether the person sitting across from me was a man or a woman. It was very difficult. Face and body would have been undeniably male, but 'he' was wearing a pink wool cowlneck sweater and matching pink hat. Then he started ranting to a girl next to him and the voice was definitely male. It was intriguing. Then I slept some more, until the girl next to me nudged me in case I was going to miss my stop, which I hadn't (it's the second to last stop so it wasn't too likely.)

Then what? Hostel, book, pasta, hair cut. Yeah. There's a hairdresser here who does cuts for €15 so I took advantage, she's making her living my doing cuts and colour for people in the hostel and my hair was pretty annoying! I'll take a picture and post it soon so you can all admire my new look (much like the old look but shorter.) So now bed and tomorrow Roma!