We went to the Legion of Honor to see the special exhibit, Last Supper in Pompeii: From the Table to the Grave – it was worth the trip. The frescos, like this one, were wonderful to see.

I was fascinated by seeing some of the everyday items that were preserved by the eruption – even some food was carbonized and then preserved.

I was amused by seeing this mosaic:

The label describing it says “The fish-sauce maker Scaurus made a fortune from his sauce and became one of the richest people in Pompeii. He bought a mansion and set four of these panels into the floor of its entrance hall””a sign of the pride he took in his trade!”

There was an amphora on display with Scaurus’s label on it – unfortunately, I didn’t get a photo of it and can’t find a good one online. But clearly, it paid to advertise!

My favorite mosaic in the show was this one:

The label says, “The skeleton is death himself, and the message is very clear: Carpe diem ”” seize the day. Enjoy the delights of the banquet while you can.” We took that advice to heart and had lunch in the Museum Cafe.

Lots of travel news today!

We are planning a wine tasting trip to Sonoma in July, being joined by a friend we met on our Costa Rica/Panama cruise last year. I’ve reserved an AirBnB, which was a more complicated process than I expected – my password didn’t work, and my account was tied to a phone number I no longer have and a credit card whose expiration date had changed since the last time I logged into AirBnB. I spelunked through their site and finally found a number (800-234-2500) to call for help – a few minutes later, my account had been reset and I was able to make the booking. It’s a good thing my email hadn’t changed, too!

And the Tanzania extension for our hoped-for trip to Southern Africa this year got cancelled; we were offered an extension to Kenya, instead, which would probably have been even better, but that was just one uncertainty too many for us, so we declined the extension. We are still planning to take the rest of the trip, but still aren’t quite ready to buy airplane tickets.