Mt Vesuvius! written by Katie!

Mt Vesuvius is huge its got a huge crater because 2000 years ago it blew up and covered Pompeii in ash and rocks and covered Herculeum in mud.

On Monday we went there  it was a huge mountain and the height of the crater is 1,200m tall,that's like half the size of Mt Taranaki!

Since we were walking higher it got a bit foggier with all the clouds around us. We walk past lots of souvineer shops and I got a box of 8 different types of crystals and rocks even lava, don't worry  it's cold lava so it's turned black. ( I can bring them to school when I get back.)

The next day we drove to Herculeum and Pompeii, these are the two towns that were affected by the BIG Vesuvuis eruption 2,000 years ago.