"Wherever you go, go with all your heart"

I was sitting down to write this post last night when I got back from my weekend trip to Pompeii, Sorrento, Capri, and Naples when I realized that I left all of my camera stuff on the bus.

Typical.

So I walked up to school early today to get it (thankfully someone turned it in) and now I am sitting at my favorite cafe drinking a cappuccino made by may favorite barista who is starting to remember who I am (success).   This girl works the espresso machine like nothing I've ever seen before. Teach me your ways. And guess what? This is the most exciting part. After a night of raging North Carolina-esque storms I woke up this morning to a beautiful 55 degrees. Thank you sweet baby Jesus. I am actually wearing a denim shirt right now and not sweating and could not be more happy about it. Anyways, enough about that.


So. The weekend. We departed from Perugia at 6:00 am 6:30 am (gotta love the Italian sense of time) good thing i love standing outside waiting for a bus at 6 in the morning. After a long, but very pretty ride we arrived at Pompeii around noon. It was really cool and I love looking at old ruins and stuff but let me just say, riding in a bus for 5 hours and then hiking around some ancient rocks in the 100 degree heat was not necessarily a cup of tea. I know it's not kosher for me to be complaining since I am in Italy and all, but it was HOT AS AFRICA.

some ruins that are 2000 years old... no big deal

Original Pottery that had been preserved in the volcanic ash.

The volcano that has killed thousands of people and preserved the ancient city of Pompeii for roughly 2000 years

 After the sweat-fest we continued along our merry way to Sorrento where we would be staying for the next two nights. I loved Sorrento and went on the most beautiful runs there. I took a bunch of pictures on my ipod so expect a post later with those (I'm thinking I'll name all of my running posts "the Running Diaries" so lame. but really I love running here. You get to see things you otherwise wouldn't see).

One of the many beautiful views

Fashionable old man and a citrus tree. What more can you ask for?

See that green hammock? Ask me one place in the world where I'd want to be at any given time and that would be it.

Welcome to the South ragazzi!
Peppers and citrus.
Everywhere.
Love it.








On Saturday we went to Capri for the day. It was beautiful and reminded me very much of Bermuda. I think we may or may not have walked about 200 miles and went from one side of the island to the other. It is extremely rocky and mountainous and someone counted that we roughly climbed up 400 stairs at one point. The views were amazing though and so was the shopping. I saw this Missoni dress that I will dream about every night. One day when I can spend 720 euro on a dress it will be mine.

After our trek up one side of the mountainCapri

Mediterranean

Trying to be artsy? Look at those gross feet. ew.

On Sunday morning we left for Naples. Pizza originated here along with eggplant/chicken parm, pasta with tomato sauce, cannoli, and many other stereotypical Italian dishes. Most Italian Americans had ancestors that immigrated from southern Italy, hence why Italian food in the US is a reflection of what they eat here.

Ceiling of an old opera house in Naples

Opera house in Naples

Our waiter liked us

 So as you can tell it was a fabulous weekend! Expect the running diaries later this week and I will be leaving for Barcelona on Thursday woot woot. Ciao ragazzi! Buona giornata!