Burnt Bodies and Scrambled Brains

Went to Pompeii this weekend. Wasn't really on my list of things do do, so i opted out to save money last time when half of my roommates went. JD's sister was visiting, and Pompeii was on her list of things to do. Since JD had already been, Rob and I went with to Pompeii.

Nice place (if i'm permitted to say that about a city annihilated by a volcano). The preserved bodies aren't in nearly as many buildings as i thought they'd be. ...First of all, Pompeii is rather large with multiple distinct neighborhoods. The bodies are pretty much confined to four or so areas. It's pretty fun to explore a deserted city though. Great place to bring a camera as well, whether or not one's intent is actually to see the city. Some of the areas reminded me very much of a photographer's set, except the objects and backgrounds were real. ..I felt like I should have been getting my senior pictures taken all over again.

...If you couldn't tell, i loved shooting there. There's several other shots i want to share, but won't be able to fit in this blog. I wound up with something like 260 pictures from Pompeii by the time we hopped on the return train. After deleting bad shots and duplicates, I still had 190. Deleted another 12 or so upon returning home. Total count from Pompeii, 178. That helps explain why I'm having such a tough time deciding which 4 pictures to show. I've even decided to limit myself to the horizontal pictures for format's sake. I felt the group shot was necessary, but now I'm disappointed in leaving out some fantastic vertical shots. ...But by now, you've seen the final cut I'm about to make.