Teaser 13: Ravenna and Pompei

Some mosaics in old byzantine churches in Ravenna, and yes, a baptismal font. We visited another baptistry not far from here and the plaque actually refers to baptism by immersion as a common early Christian practice: a fact the artwork in later churches revises.





In Pompei: bigger and better than remembered.




Can you believe that's Riley?

We had our only negative experience that night: parked at a shopping mall in Caserta and stupidly left a few valuables in the van. Came back and they were gone, but the van was relocked and the alarm reset. Ah, Naples.