Week end in the sunny, colourful, chaotic South!

We had a hectic but beautiful week end. My cousins and their families (husband and children) and my family try to get together for one week end a year to explore some of the Italian Beauty. This time we decided to go south again. Two years ago we visited Paestum and Pompei , this time we decided to visit Oplontis and Ercolano .
It has not only been interesting and culturally invigorating but most of all it has been NOURISHING.
We could not have any idea of life during the Roman time if those places was not discovered.
The eruption of Vesuvius in 79 a. C. left everything right the way it was hours before it.
Of course it was a tragedy and a destroying event but what we can see in those sites is something that nourishes the soul and the senses.
I can't describe the feelings I had while admiring some fine mosaics and frescoes in the residential neighbourhood of Ercolano, where the blue of the sea and that of the rich lapislazuli mosaic tessera are so similar.
This is something you can feel only by looking at it by person, and that is why I invite everybody to join the South of Italy and not only the touristic cities, where shops and cafè are only for tourists. The Campania Region is of a special beauty that you won't find in any other place. The culture of those places is a world heritage.
The sea, the colours of the earth, the smells and the food are fulfilling. Lemons and oranges are kings in this area. Lemons, lemons, lemons... absolute lemons... full lemon, with its shiny full-green and the blue of the beautiful sea. Can you smell it? Have you ever breath an air full of lemon-flowers scent? I couldn't imagine such a delicacy before my nose was able to taste it. Olives trees and coloured flowers, the original pizza and other simple tastes, mostly fish and fresh herbs and tomatoes and sweets... sweets, sweets, full of lemons and oranges and beautiful to look at. It has been a complete delight!
Not to mention the happiness of sharing those moments with my family.
Wish I had more words and expression to pass more of this special experience.
Come to visit with your own senses and souls.
...btw... everything is really cheaper down south, so this is another hint!