We're on our last few days working on the site. I can't believe how fast it's gone! We finished drawing all of our pottery yesterday and started on drawing walls in the insula this morning. We have been working pretty long hours this past week, so we got the afternoon off today. Stephanie and I went hiking up Monte Faito to the top of the Molare. It was absolutely incredible, both to be out of the tiny drawing room and out in the sun, but also to get such a beautiful view of the southern coast. We could see all the way to Capri, Vesuvius, and more. It may be my new "most beautiful place I've ever been."
We have been interacting with some of the Spanish archaeologists who work close to our insula a lot recently. They are doing some really neat work in the Alstadt. Spanish was a great break from Italian, though both still kind of make my brain hurt after a while.
We went to the Naples Archaeological Museum the other day. We got to see the Weary Hercules and the Doryphoros (two of my favorites sculptures) and some of the more beautifully preserved Pompeian wall paintings. It was a very cool place to visit. The Farnese Gallery collection is there, so of course the art historian me was very happy.
On a less Pompeian note, I booked my Hostel for Florence and received notice from the Mother Unit about meeting them in Rome afterward!! This experience has been incredible beyond words, but I'm very excited about getting to do some more traveling!! I really can't wait to show the fam around where I've been the past five weeks! There so many amazing things just around Pompei and Sorrento, though, I'm not sure how we'll fit it all int!
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