Traveling in the fall has many perks, among which is the ability to see some incredible sights without the crowds.  Fresh from a great first night’s sleep in Sorrento, we took an early thirty minute Circumvesuviana train ride to Pompeii arriving there just as the ruins opened for the day.   With literally no one else around we stood looking out across the forum with Mount Vesuvius looming about 8km away in the background.  Standing here, it was hard not to imagine the power of the eruption of the volcano that buried Pompeii.

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