Herculaneum & Virtual Archaeological Museum
Walking down the cobblestone hill of death on our last day in Naples took us on a whole new adventure. Our host had a simplified map to show us how to navigate the area in walking distance, will restaurants and such marked on it. However, his idea of going straight down a street was not our idea of straight. There are a lot of turns and T intersections and roads are not always marked. We figured that as long as we kept heading towards the water, we would do OK. My one stipulation was that I was NOT walking back up the hill! We would take a taxi back at the end of the day. (refer to post about how Naples tried to kill me!) The morning was fantastic. We stumbled across the Virtual Archaeological Museum. They started us off with the typical 15 minute movie about Vesuvius, but in 3D, which was cool. The film was narrated by the volcano and also include the letter by Pliny the Elder. Model of Pompeii The museum gallery was an amazing collection of interactive, high tech ex...