i went to gotland, because i'm so goth.

{W}ell.. this trip was work-related, and these below are some photos i took. the pretty church ruins are from 1250 a.d. and so goth. i LOVED them. The town Visby is also medieval. I looked at fossils by the sea, 9000 year old skeletons, pretty houses i wish i owned, rare flowers and old graves made by forgotten people who used to live there long ago. but they are not forgotten, i think about them. In other words... a trip about things i like. more photos to come..

digitals from herculaneum, another roman town.

The first thing to greet me when i arrived was the high wall of the volcanic ash (and now modern ground level) Looking down into a dug hole and seeing a town in it, that's a lot of volcanic ash.    what else is hidden down under? i loved it here too. Pompeji probably needs two days of exploring, but i was only here in herculaneum for a few hours in the afternoon and pretty much got to see all of it. it is much much smaller than pompeji but better preserved. oh italy.. why art thou so lovely.

herculaneum cannot be further excavated because there is a modern town on top of it.

the boat houses. seen from inside the volcanic ash. ugh.

digital photos of my favorite places in pompeji

I hope i'll get a chance to go here again. its def one of my favorite cities in the world. i got to see much of the city but there are still a few places i didn't go to. there's just that many streets. there were some villas i didnt see, some city gates, the necropolis, temples and some of the excavated city blocks, so those would be nice to see. before vesuvius covers it all again. but there is only so much to see in one day, i think it needs at least two or three but i was well prepared to manage one day. it is a  strange feeling being there, because even though the original residents are gone, the city does feel alive with all the tourists walking in their own pace, up and down the streets, in and out of buildings. at the same time its sad because the people who built and lived there made the city very pretty and for them it wasnt supposed to end like that.