An early start as we travel to Pompeii today!

We are on the road. Stopped at a road side stop for a bathroom break and refreshments and experienced complete chaos. The store was full of about 200 students all yelling at the tops of their voices running around buying candy. We are already thankful for our wonderful Canadian kids, but now we are incredibly thankful! One man in our group commented that all of those 14 year olds must have been fed Red Bull and cigarettes for breakfast! Hahaha. Once again Yellow Grass/Milestone (and Eston) kids rock! Joe thought he witnessed six robberies in the 20 minutes we were there!

We visited the incredible site of Pompeii today. Our kids once again established their fabulous nature. Our guide was struggling with very uncooperative audio equipment and was naturally soft spoken. All of this made for a frustrating experience. Lunch consisted of a choice of pizza or spaghetti and we were serenaded with an Italian singer during our meal. Made for a giggly experience as he would come up to each table to sing in his operatic voice. After lunch, we had a chance to shop once again. These Italians really try to capitalize on the whole penis idea as you could get tshirts, bottle openers, aprons, and more. Made for more laughter as different people discovered some new swag.

Interesting last meal in Italy of an appetizer of grilled zucchini, eggplant and mozzarella cheese and then meatballs and French fries for the main course with some cake for dessert.

Tomorrow we fly to Athens!

Much slower walking day as only 9400 steps or 6.25 km.

Ciao Italy!