Last year, we went to Napoli, or Naples, the city famous for Vesuvius, Camorra, and Sophia Loren. It was a fantastic experience, and it led me to ponder a few things.
Tag: Rome
Your Voice
My work relies heavily on the use of one’s voice. And yesterday evening I lost mine. In a physical sense. It decided to go away and is yet to return. So not just for work, but in everyday situations I am slightly inconvenienced. Last time this happened, some years ago, I was shortly after diagnosed…
October 79 AD, Pompeii, Epilogue
The story of Theokritos and Gaius is a fictional one. Or it might have happened as there were over 1100 people who perished in Pompeii during the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius on 24th and 25th of October, AD 79. There is only one written down eyewitness account of the events by Pliny the Younger who…
October 79 AD, Pompeii, 3rd Day
I don’t know when Gaius and I fell asleep last night. Or did we sleep long or hardly any time at all. All I know is that we both woke up, in the darkness, when there was a massive crash, and the whole ground shook. Not like in earth tremor, but like when a house…
October 79 AD, Pompeii, 2nd Day
For the first time possibly ever I woke up before Gaius. I could hear him snore next to me, and I felt so peaceful and content. I could see a little light enter our room through the window opening, which, sadly, meant it was time to wake up and prepare the breakfast. As Fortuna willed…
October 79 AD, Pompeii, 1st Day
The 23rd of October, which was the day before yesterday, started as any other day in our household. I woke up to the smiling, handsome face of Gaius looking at me. As soon as he saw that my eyes opened, he kissed me. It is really uncanny how Gaius manages to wake up refreshed five…
October 79 AD, Pompeii, Prologue
Ad te, bone lector, hoc una legeris gratia Iouis. It is my fervent hope that one day someone finds these pages, as I fear I have not much time left on this Earth. Since yesterday, it is more and more clear to me that the gods have forsaken us here in Pompeii. If not, how…
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