We made it to Italy (specifically Naples) yesterday!!
The first day I went to Pompeii and Herculaneum. CRAZY. THey are both cities that were buried under the wrath of the Mt. Vesuvius (sp?) eruption. They are preserved so well from all of the ash and its so interesting how advanced their plumbing and other technology was. I personally enjoyed Herculaneum more. Less people, smaller/more managable city, more impressive preservation. Ex: there were some rooms where the original wood was still preserved! Holy cow. Then we were so tired that we just ate dinner on the boat, worked on homework (yes, I have to do homework) and got a good night's sleep.
Today I went to the island of Capri. First we visited the harbor and took a boat tour around the island. The caves are so neat and the water is beautiful. Then we went up to capri , had some free time to shop (not like I can afford anything there its all prada and d&g, etc. because Capri is a "rich people" vacation spot. Bill Gates goes there every summer according to our tour guide!) and had a really nice lunch. Then we made our way up to Anacapri. Abosolutely breathtaking. We toured a villa with a view of the whole bay - it was insane and the water was SO BLUE. Its so high up that to get there theres only one bus company that runs up there and you pass over a road called "Mamma Mia Road" meaning "Oh My God Road" hahahah. Then we got to try lemon chocolate, lemon candies and lemonchello - a lemon vodka made in Italy. All were wonderful.
I got back around dinner time so me and my friends went out in search of original-italian-wooden-stove-baked-margarita pizza. We ended up eating at the restaurant that made the first pizza in Naples! It was awesome and there were very talented and adorable old guys playing the guitar and mandolin (!!) and singing. Then we got gelato (italian ice cream) and the guy who served us was hilarious. He would put our ice cream on a cone and then somehow attached 5 other cones to it. HaHa we all looked like fools walking around trying to eat it!! But overall a good night. Naples night life isn't as simple or safe or cost-savvy as Barcelona, so were laying low for the second night in a row. But thats fine by me because I'm already spending more money than I thought I would've and I'm super tired and there are upper respiratory infections going around the ship. :/ ahhhh
Tomorrow is out last day in Naples. We are going to the archealogical museum, the cathedral and to look at the shops. Then were gonna plan out our time in Rome (which may include a HOSTEL AH) and celebrate the 4th of July with an on-boat BBQ and sleepout (where we sleep out on the boat!). Yay!!
Until Rome,
<3
