good morning good morning guys another day in Pompeii and that means another
day trip another day trip today we are going to Herculaneum and we're thinking
we're also gonna try to visit Mount Vesuvius we don't really know what the
tour offerings are like but we'll figure that out once we're there we've actually
bundled up I'm wearing my new jacket cuz it is freezing cold out but yeah and
we've got a short train ride to catch it is a short train ride so it should be
fun so let's make it happen before we forget how much were those tickets only
2 euros per person so a lot cheaper than yesterday when we took the train down to
Sorrento it's a shorter ride it is a much shorter I'm sure and our stop is
gonna be OTG ed : Oh so yeah the change should be coming soon
and we're going in the direction of Naples yes he's your one Nepali the
journey from Pompeii to Herculaneum is a scenic one with Mount Vesuvius to one
side and the Bay of Naples to the other it only took us 20 minutes to get there
by train so if you're looking for a day trip it doesn't get much easier than
this one just maybe don't get off in the outskirts of town like we did but more
on that later
okay guys so we have arrived in Herculaneum now a little bit of walking
because we arrived at a station called forty Tiago Latino which isn't exactly
centrally located but the station for that line was like right next to her
apartments that we just got on so now we have to walk from that station over to a
colonoscopy which is in the center of the city house maybe like a 15 or 20
minute walk yeah panting a little but we're almost there and the reason we're
walking to that station is because we've read that the majority of the tours to
Mount Vesuvius depart either from the station or right outside so we're gonna
go investigate the tourist situation for Vesuvius because we'd like to do that
first since we don't know how frequent departures are going to be in winter so
that is the plan a volcano coming up hopefully the Suvi expresses a shuttle
service that runs to the top of the volcano so if you're expecting a guided
tour filled with lots of interesting facts this isn't it that being said we
were perfectly happy to tour the site on our own and we couldn't be the price at
20 euros per person the only problem we encountered was that the roads were
completely iced over the further we went up the mountain and at one point the bus
just had to give up and let all the passengers off to go the rest of the way
on foot how's that our G rice I don't think you
guys have ever seen two Canadians struggle so much on ice seriously though
this is tricky cross-country skiing so we've decided to try walking on the
grass because it's just way too icy look at that snow things got a little
easier once we swapped icy paved roads for a dirt trail though we also had snow
to contend with but we eventually reached the top I would say one of the
coolest things about hiking up to Mount Vesuvius was being able to see that it's
a volcano within a volcano and while there was no bubbling lava visible to
the eye we could still see steam rising from several events
well we're at a pizza place my god I feel like it's time for an update
because that was very anticlimactic we we kind of stopped he'll make it halfway
yeah so let's start with the price I don't think we even mentioned that on
the way up no our tickets we went with a company
called su v--'s Express which was right outside the train station the one we
were walking to yeah it was 20 euros per person and that was 10 euros for the
ride up and down and then another 10 euros admission to the park I thought
that was a good value price because I remember when we were thinking of doing
the tour from Pompeii to the Seas we wanted 20 euros just to drive asleep
then we're gonna have to be an extra 10 yes save 10% yeah also I suppose it'd
been unusual because there's so much snow and ice the bus couldn't drive us
up nearly as far as woods yeah so technically you're supposed to get an
hour and a half to like walk the trail and then enjoy the views take your
photos or whatever but because the bus gonna make it all the way up we actually
had to like walk on on the main road and you they like you know sliding and
everyone was like oh so it just took way longer and then once we reach the summit
we took a few photos and then we look at our watch and we realize like there's
the lead weird the rush back down yeah and we were like rushing on the way down
we couldn't film a lot of that but you know so many people relate but who are
those other people
Oh wonderful Oh my mood has improved so much
we disorder five minutes ago but I know what was I sing oh yeah so many people
were late but in the end we left like a family yes there was no need I know we
could have had more time to get like more youth so that's the part I regret
that was that we ended up feeling a rush to get back when we could have shot more
alright time to try the pizza guys so hungry so hungry I know the cold really
makes you work up an appetite or in the basic wonder margarita
yeah you can't go wrong go wrong especially in and around Naples were so
close enable so this is the real deal mozzarella fresh tomato sauce what else
you need our next stop after lunch were the ruins of Herculaneum an ancient
Roman town that was destroyed by Mount Vesuvius while Pompeii was covered in
ash Herculaneum was hit by the pyroclastic flow that followed the
explosion of 79 AD which also led to its preservation so we are now inside
Herculaneum so let's talk about the price these are our tickets here and it
was 11 euros per person yeah and they also gave us this little map it is it
was considerably cheaper than Pompeii which is yes a few years so bad but yeah
they give you a map so you can kind of figure it out on your own or if you want
you can pay for an official guide yeah I'm so yeah that's a little bit extra
but we kind of like to wander it our first time our first impression so far
is that this is just this is such a smaller place than it's much smaller
yeah moly
another fun fact about Herculaneum even though this was a much smaller City than
Pompeii it was actually wealthier so I think we're gonna notice that when we
start visiting the frescoes inside the homes we're already seeing some
impressive work just behind us check it out
another thing that I'm noticing is that here in Herculaneum we seem to have more
access to the ruins like I've noticed that you can enter a lot more of the
homes and in some of them you have like these ancient mosaics that you're
actually allowed to walk over like there there are no ropes stopping you like in
Pompeii so yeah it seems a bit more accessible that way
I'm sure if that's a good thing or a bad thing but yeah what are your thoughts so
far been rather quiet filming in the background I've been quiet I'm pretty
tired still from the volcano high but yeah it's it's been it's been really
interesting to explore on foot not nearly as many tourists which I'm
enjoying yeah yeah we've just been kind of like going off on our own here it's
been great we found the tunnel and it's good this
way to the ancient shoreline so of course I was like yeah let's go see if
the ancient shoreline looked like Tim's not too cocky he's seen enough runes for
the day but here we are going into the deep deep underground at circulatin whoa
it leads to a different part of the city we hadn't explored when at first glance
appears to be a moat is Herculaneum ancient shoreline here we were met with
the aftermath of the explosion a row of old boat houses each of them filled with
the skeleton remains of those who did not escape during the first day of the
eruption
well we're on the train oh well well what did they what a day
whoa we were like walking up no cap for volcano yeah and ancient city ribbons
all in the same day and delicious p10 pizza for lunch that's a pretty darn
good day and definitely you can combine these two activities for one like
complete full-day outing highly recommend that and now we're just
taking the regional train back to pump it yeah yeah and we're gonna heat beats
again because that's kind of embarrassing to admit but we've only got
a few more days in Italy and we're gonna eat more pizza tomorrow - YUM Nate we're
going to Naples so stay tuned for our navels videos and lots more pizza see
you guys next time
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