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Hi everyone! I'm just in from our weekend on the coast! It was super fun, but absolutely exhausting! Let's count the number of different types of transportation I've used since Friday: 4 trains, 2 trams, 5 boats, 2 buses, and walking. Cities I've been in: Rome to Naples to Pompeii back to Naples to Ischia to Capri to Ischia back to Naples again to Rome. Wow. SO much traveling! Pompeii was pretty cool - the ruins are crazy... they even have molds of peoples bodies that have survived all this time - it was very strange, and slightly unnerving! Naples was not my favorite place in the world... it's easily the dirtiest city I've ever been to - thankfully we were only there for a short period of time while waiting to catch our ferry. After starting our travels at 8:00 am, spending all day in the hot sun in Pompeii, and navigating ourselves through the dirty streets of Naples, we were a tired bunch. When we finally got on our ferry, though, everyone immediately perked up. The Mediterranean is insanely beautiful - the bluest blue I've ever seen! We stayed on a small island called Ischia - it was a tiny little town, but it had so much character! We ate dinner overlooking a gorgeous sunset and the Mediterranean and had a great time just enjoying our view. The entire weekend, everyone just kept saying "This is the most beautiful place I've ever seen in my life." Saturday was my favorite day I've had so far in Italy! We took a ferry over to Capri and took a boat tour around the island! Our guide spoke very broken English, but took us to see some awesome caves, and parts of Capri that I never would have seen otherwise. We got to swim through one of the caves, and we only had one casualty - Sean got stung by what we think was a jelly fish... yuck! As we were swimming through the cave, I hear Margaret screaming behind me, because the water was so clear that we could see the jelly fish swimming near us - kind of cool, but also scary! The boat ride was 100% worth while and one of the coolest things I've ever done! Saturday night we ate a yummy dinner and walked around Ischia... very relaxing! We also majorly lucked out with our hostel... it was actually pretty nice, and they had breakfast for us in the morning - thankfully our travel agent/roommate, Margaret, does a good job! Just in case you were wondering, yes even in tiny Ischia, they are terrible drivers. I think that is one aspect of Italy that I will never get over. When we were riding the bus to get to our port yesterday, I was actually afraid the bus driver was going to run into the cliff on the side of the road - it is absolutely unbelievable. Anyway, I'm about to nap off all this traveling and go eat a yummy dinner later on! Pictures soon! Love ya'll so much!
Corinne
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