And then there was Pompeii,

for me the highlight of the cruise.

50 shades of brown.But what shades! What brown! With awe I walked the streets where once 20000 people walked only to be buried on  24 August 79 AD under 13-20 feet of volcanic ash and pumice, when Mount Vesuvius erupted.This fallout preserved perfectly the streets,the buildings,the people, yes, the people,too,providing an unparalleled snapshot of Roman life frozen in time.