Italy

Bonjourno,

It’s my last day in Naples, Italy before we embark on our journey to Croatia! My time in Italy started six days ago when our ship landed in Civitavecchia, but some friends and I immediately got out of this boring city and went to Rome. We saw some great sites in Rome such as: the Coliseum, Pantheon, Spanish steps, and Trevi Fountain. We found a nice hotel to sleep at for the night, and then went to Pisa to see the incredible leaning tower.

There wasn’t much else to see in Pisa besides the leaning tower, so we decided to stay in Florence for a couple of nights at a great hostel we found. The highlight of Florence was a day trip to the Tuscany countryside. It started out quite unfortunately when our van driver hit an old woman at about 50 mph when she was crossing the street. It was pretty bloody, but she was coherent, and an ambulance came to rush her to the hospital. On a lighter note, we got to continue our tour out to the wine country to hop on some vespa scooters. It was beautiful driving scooters through the rolling hills with the view of endless vineyards. After an hour of cruising, we stopped at a restaurant in the middle of the vineyards for some great pasta and wine. After some food and a few glasses of wine, we drove our scooters through the dark, and got in a van to go to a small 13th century medieval town for a wine tasting. Overall, it ended up being an amazing day even though it didn’t start out the greatest.

We headed out of Florence the next day on an 8-hour train ride in 100-degree heat with no air conditioning only to end up in the dirty city of Naples. Luckily we found a great hostel to stay at for the night, and took a day trip to the island of Capri. Capri was beautiful surrounded by turquoise water and small caves. It was great traveling with a local family who gave us a boat tour of all of the hidden spots.

Now I am ready to get out of this filthy city and go sit on the beach in Croatia! I am trying to put up some photos, but I think my Internet is too slow.

Chao