At the top of Lara’s bucket list items on this trip was, No 1, anything related to Harry Potter and No 2 Pompeii. Why? She was fascinated by the history behind the eruption of Mount Vesuvius and in particular, wanted to see the man that was caught sitting on the toilet at the time.
About three hours drive south of Rome on the west coast of Italy is where we wanted to go and see this splendid ruin of a Roman city dating back to the 7th century BC. We took the direct train to Rome airport to collect our hire car and we were off to tackle the mad drivers to get on our way to Pompeii.
