It’s an unassuming shelter for a bus stop on 77th Avenue N. Will never show up in a list of architectural wonders, but for us it unleashes a flood of memories of good times with CJ as she was making her transition to independent adulthood. She would often travel by bus across the bay from her apartment near USF-Tampa to visit us in our apartment in downtown St Petersburg. This was often her starting point for her journey home at the end of a fun weekend!
It was an incredible experience to actually walk the streets of Pompeii, once a bustling resort town in the Roman Empire until 79 AD when an apocalyptic explosion buried it under 20 feet of volcanic ash. Archeological excavations since the 19th Century continue to reveal evidence of a thriving community.
Once the largest cruise ship in the world, Allure of the Seas will be our home for the next seven nights as we cruise the Western Mediterranean and explore the eighteen decks of this behemoth.
Our recent travel misadventures seriously curtailed our time in Rome pre-cruise but we did get to visit the Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel before making the trip to Civitavecchi for an overnight in the port city of Rome preparatory to departing on Allure of the Seas tomorrow.
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