After Rome, our class took a half-day trip to Pompeii to tour the ruins. I really thought Pompeii was a much smaller town, but my goodness it was so much bigger than I expected. I actually got lost walking around the place. Also, it was raining while we were there which sucked for us but at the same time we got to experience how their drainage system worked which was really cool. I think the rain might have been worth it just for that.
A bath inside a Pompeii bathhouse. Apparently they used to do very interesting things in these baths.... other than bathing.
Alex serving us ladies at the bar, whoop!
Oh, yeah, we visited a brothel. This was one of the many pictures that were inside the brothel.
Of course, when anyone visits Pompeii, they want to see the people. But after seeing it, it makes me really sad. These are actual people in the moment that the eruption occurred. This particular one really got to me. You can really see the fear in the pose and I can't imagine how scared everyone was.
After Pompeii, I made a very spontaneous impromptu trip with a couple friends (CeCe, Kristie, and Chris) to Sorrento, Capri and Naples. Coincidentally, Shenell, Tessa and Kirstie booked the same hotel we were staying at!
Sorrento was beautiful. The bread actually had salt and the shops were so nice and cheap.
Mostly we made a bunch of cappuccinos and bought tons of limoncello, which is their specialty in these areas.
Look at me, all happy before the boat started moving!
Okay, so here comes the disgusting anecdote. I get motion sickness like no other mother, and before I realized how my inner ear was not playing games with me today, Chris escorted me inside the boat and afterward I threw up in a plastic baggie (ew, I know, but you need to know my pain!) and had the worst pangs in my tummy. Oh, and it was stormy and so the waters were very choppy. GREAT.
After a long dreadful 30 minute hell-trip, we got off at the bottom of Capri and the tour guide needed us to get on a bus so we could get ourselves up to Anacapri. Um, say what? After my friends convinced me that I should take the bus ride because I would be bored out of my mind down here, I again endured a stupid ride up Capri and my friends did their best to keep me calm (and keep my stomach calm too).
We explored Anacapri and then later took the bus again to Capritown.
The views were one of the most beautiful views I did ever see. And it was cloudy and stormy. I can't imagine how it would look in the summertime. Although I am glad I didn't go in the summer because there would be so many tourists and no room. It was pretty much empty in Capri which was nice to see it in all its glory and not in all its ... tourists.
After spending Friday and Saturday in Sorrento, we took the train back to Castig but stopped in Naples for lunch. I really wanted to do some exploring in Naples, but with our time limit (trains are funky on Sundays) we could only get lunch and walk back to the train.
We were in the STRAIGHT GHETTO.Just kidding. But the streets were really dirty.
(photo taken from Kristie)
After a very confusing long and scary walk, we made our way to a pizzeria (because when in Naples, EAT PIZZA) and had the best pizza I've ever had. It was called the "Stella" because of its star shape design. The middle of the pizza was cut and folded in four pieces with ricotta cheese stuffed in it and a caprese salad in the empty part. There was four sections of "stuff:" mushrooms, ham, sausage and pepperoni Oh. My.Goodness. It was the most beautiful and elaborate pizza I ever had.
It was a really nice weekend. I couldn't believe that I hit FOUR cities in just one weekend. But like I've said before, a day is just not enough time to explore a whole town, no matter how small. But I am grateful that I can even visit and see these cities, something that would be extremely difficult for me to do back at home.
Until next time!
“I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel’s sake. The great affair is to move. ” -Robert Louis Stevenson
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