Pompeii Ruins

Compared to the craziness that is Naples, the streets of Pompeii are remarkably calm and the drivers will actually show some courtesy by not attempting to run you down as you cross the road. I found out the hard way that Pompeii has 3 railway stations, two of which face the main square but at opposite ends of the town. I guessed wrong then I picked my station on the map and spent 40 minutes trying to figure out why my map was backwards or if I had suddenly developed dyslexia.Anyway, we ultimately found our B & B  and went thrugh the usual drill- Remove sweat soaked clothing, wash and hang the same then shower. During the afternoon we walked the perimeter of the ruins and traced a route back to the main square before making our way to dinner at Add'u Mimi where we spent 2 hours plus working our way through multiple courses of delicious food and beverages.
 A light breakfast at our B & B at 8 then a short hike to the ruins for our grand tour.
 Pompeii is not for the faint of heart, my pedometer recorded close to 16000 steps over the course of our 5 hour. While I could go into details that you could find anywhere, I will just simply comment that the site is probably one of the largest I have encountered and perhaps one of the more frustrating, since many routes are closed off due to further excavation thus eliminating easy access to buildings in the northern sections of the ruins. We occasionally encountered huge pedestrian traffic jams due to the sluggish speed of extremely large ( mostly cruise ship) groups of 50 or more. A guide would proobably have helped but they would not have allowed us the time or flexibility to cover as much of the ruins as we didi on our own. Clearly some further reading will be required to fully comprehend the intricacies behind many buildings.  But the heavily accented English spoken by many of the guides around us would have also made this difficult.
 A planned trip to Ercolano ( Herculaneum) with details already downloaded  to our phones and pads should make it somewhat easier, the site being significantly smaller.