We got up early in the morning, had breakfast, and headed up through Naples to the slopes of Vesuvius. We actually found our way fairly quickly and were soon out of the city and driving through a trees behind a bus. We reached to the top of the tree line in about half an hour where we parked in a big parking lot (There was a French guy having a lot of trouble parking his car where he was supposed to and we watched for several minutes while the parking attendant tried to get him to line his car up with the others). We paid for our tickets to the top and walked for another half an hour to the top. It was very barren and rocky and totally looked like it could be a volcano.
That's the city of Napoli. Pretty much everyone living there will be killed if (when) Vesuvius erupts again. I was super excited to visit Vesuvius after studying it in a Natural Hazards and Disasters class at UI. The class was split into groups and we were all supposed to make an evacuation plan for the city of Napoli. The general concensus was that everyone should get out now... (remember Steph? Remember? Then we'd go play fooseball... good times).
Team Woomert all decked out in their Greens! Again. I was lucky to have Tallis to match with me.
Haha, dumb Naples people. Just like all the dumb people (including half of all UI graduates) who move to Seattle. Ticking time-bomb.
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I miss those times. We'll have a lot of foosball to catch up on.
Are those photos of the crater?
Yes indeedy
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