Pompei is one of the places I want to go before I die....
I just get chills when I see pictures of how everything was caught in time. Now there is an second settlement...WOW!
Be still my heart!
"Pompei is one of the places I want to go before I die...."
When you eventually get to Pompeii, be sure to schedule Herculaneum as well (the modern town of "Ercolano"). It's smaller but much better preserved. Most tourists seem to miss it, which is unfortunate.
I remember how excited I was the day I went to Pompeii, and I wasn't disappointed. Also, the best preserved sculpture from the classical world is to be seen at the museum in Naples.