Day 9 - JHS Europe Trip - Winter 2025-2026

We started our last full day in Italy by checking out of our hotel and boarding our bus and traveling from Salerno to Pompei to tour the Archaeological Park of Pompeii, the ancient city that was covered in up to six meters of volcanic ash from the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in 79 A.D. 

Once again, our group was simply astounded by the level of sophistication of the ancient city of Pompei and it's architecture, it's sewer and water system, it's well-orgsnized layout and the original frescoes, carriage tracks, etc. and the preserved plaster casts of the victims of the volcanic eruption. 

After our guided walking tour of the ruins of Pompei, we had lunch as a group and then got on the bus to continue our journey to Rome. The drive from Pompei to Rome that typically takes three hours, took us nearly six hours due to extended periods of dense, gridlock traffic. Thankfully, our bus driver, Giovanni, who drove our tour bus throughout our entire journey through Italy handled it all with ease.

After we checked into our last hotel of our trip, we all enjoyed our last dinner as a group and then returned to the hotel to repack, reorganize, and get a good night's sleep for our full day of travel for our journey back to JHS.

More to come!