{"id":118,"date":"2004-08-03T08:30:19","date_gmt":"2004-08-02T23:30:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.randomwire.com\/2004\/08\/03\/pompeii-etc\/"},"modified":"2026-03-21T22:52:53","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T21:52:53","slug":"pompeii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/randomwire.com\/pompeii\/","title":{"rendered":"Pompeii"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:11261,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/en.wikipedia.org\\\/wiki\\\/Pompeii&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20251011134427\\\/https:\\\/\\\/en.wikipedia.org\\\/wiki\\\/Pompeii&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-02 20:18:12&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-02 20:18:12&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:11262,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/en.wikipedia.org\\\/wiki\\\/Mount_Vesuvius&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20251009120834\\\/https:\\\/\\\/en.wikipedia.org\\\/wiki\\\/Mount_Vesuvius&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-02 20:18:16&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-02 20:18:16&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:11263,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.positano.campania.it&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20241008132625\\\/https:\\\/\\\/positano.campania.it\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-02 20:18:22&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-15 19:03:27&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:503},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-18 22:38:31&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-22 04:25:17&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-25 07:51:01&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-29 17:32:55&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-01 17:40:41&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-04 21:13:28&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:503},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-08 13:57:54&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-11 20:51:33&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-02 15:26:42&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:503}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-02 15:26:42&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:503},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:11264,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.comune.amalfi.sa.it&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20250717155800\\\/https:\\\/\\\/comune.amalfi.sa.it\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-02 20:18:54&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-15 19:03:23&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-18 22:38:29&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-22 04:25:15&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-25 07:50:59&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-29 17:32:50&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-01 17:40:39&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-04 21:13:24&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-08 13:57:52&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-11 20:51:29&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-02 15:26:24&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:503}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-02 15:26:24&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:503},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>Yesterday we visited the ancient remains of <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pompeii\">Pompeii<\/a> which was covered in ash when <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mount_Vesuvius\">Vesuvius<\/a> last had a major eruption. It was quite an amazing place and it almost felt like stepping back in time considering the huge scale of the site and how well preserved it was.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2272\" height=\"1704\" src=\"https:\/\/randomwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_1624.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-39356\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Today with took a bus to the local town of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.positano.campania.it\/\">Positano<\/a> and then from there we had a boat trip to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.comune.amalfi.sa.it\/\">Amalfi<\/a>. It&#8217;s quite incredible how houses are built around here clinging to the sides of very steep hills and stacked on top of one another &#8211; I&#8217;m pretty sure none of them would pass building regulations back in England!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2272\" height=\"1704\" src=\"https:\/\/randomwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_1708.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-39355\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I write this whilst sitting on the terrace of our apartment overlooking the sea &#8211; it&#8217;s really rather nice!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2272\" height=\"1704\" src=\"https:\/\/randomwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_1893.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-39340\"\/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday we visited the ancient remains of Pompeii which was covered in ash when Vesuvius last had a major eruption. It was quite an amazing place and it almost felt like stepping back in time considering the huge scale of the site and how well preserved it was. 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