009 - A weekend of rain

Long time no update huh? Well we had our final orientation trip. This time it was a weekend trip to Salerno. So I shall fill you in on the weekend’s activities.

Friday we had to wake up realllly early to leave for the city of Herculaneum, which is at the base of Mt Vesuvius, even closer than Pompeii, and it was destroyed worse than Pompeii but not as many people lived there so that’s why not many people know about it. It was really well preserved, there was even wood in some shops that was perfect. We then went to a restaurant near Napoli that had the BEST pizza I have ever tasted thus far in life. It was on to Salerno, where our hotel was. It’s a small-ish city on the Amalfi coast. Upon arriving in the afternoon we checked in and most of us napped until dinner. After “cena” a few of us went to a near by wine bar and sat and chatted, it was a blast to explore the downtown area of Salerno.

Saturday was another early day, it was off to Paestum. It’s an ancient Greek city that was then inhabited by the Romans but then simply lost to time. Until it’s uncovering in the 18^th century or so. There were 3 huge temples in almost perfect condition. One for Zeus, one for Hera, and a third random one. Really cool stuff. OH WAIT. I should mention it POURED rain the entire weekend. And stupid me forgot to bring an umbrella to Italy. So I bought a cheap one from a vendor. It was cold to, still had a good time. Saturday evening we had more free time for Salerno.

Annnd Sunday, we visted Sorrento, also on the coast. The drive there was very cool, cliffside roads, woah! We got to do a bit of shopping and such. Sorrento is famous for its limoncello, so I got a small bottle, still haven’t tried it. And on the drive back to Roma one of the busses blew a tire. So we were stopped on the autostrade for a while. But we made it back and now I am blogging. Sorry if this seems hasty, I am tired and just finished watching the PACKERS beat the bears for to go to the SUPER BOWL. I hate that I am not in the states for this, but oh well. I’ll by the t-shirt/dvd highlights of the season.

Pictures will be up soon on FB. Gotta head to bed, class tomorrow. Hope everyone is well!

Ciao

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