Dave Shove-Brown, the dean in charge of all things CUArch Abroad (and my crit last semester) arrived sunday, ready to wind us all up and take us on our last class trip, to Southern Italy.
I forgot my Hello Kitty notebook, but i still managed to take notes in my little blue moleskine of everything important. Ladies and Gentleman, i give you the final bulletpoint-form trip account. My trip South:
Day 1:
-Tired from soccer game last night, we all slept on the train to Naples
-almost died in taxi to hotel with kelly, emily, and eric. i hope to never be in a car in naples again
-almost died in taxi to hotel with kelly, emily, and eric. i hope to never be in a car in naples again
-Most beautiful hotel ever, comfiest beds too
-Sketched in the Spanish Quarter and the Galleria
-Street venders selling annoying whistle things. plenty of people whistling. everywhere.
-Stop in Piazza, while talking, all street venders set up stands around our group -_-
-Castel Nuovo
-Naples Duomo
-Naples Archeological Museum
-Got lost walking home, got directions from a lady with ice cream all over her face
-Famous pizzaria
-“We are meeting in the lobby at 8 am and before you complain just think: youre going to fricken Capri! you could be in DC right now” -Dave
Day 2:
-Hotel breakfast. i still dream about it
-Boat to Capri!
-Treck over the island and through the woods
-“Who wants shots?!” -Eric, referring to photos of ourselves in front of the beautiful vista.
-Arrive at Casa Maleparte. no photos alowed except by dave. oh how exclusively located we were.
-Amazing views and the water was crystal clear blue, just asking us to jump in. but alas, we held back
-Twas hot, and lizards were everywhere
-Walk back- treck through island jungle a lot hotter this time. somehow survived.
-lemon ice thingys in the town center of Capri
-Rain? randomly?
-Boatride back to Naples
-rough seas from storm, “First person to vam gets a dollar” -Jojo
-Booey i guess breaks loose on the side of the boat and bounces against the boat for the entire ride. wonderful.
Day 3:
-depart Naples and bus ride to Cuma
-cool cave and views of horses running down the beach
-Then bus to Baia
-pretty much a play ground
-cool dome room with ecco
-got on dome of it and then got yelled at
-then bus to the Colosseum in Pozzuli
-long busride to Castellammare di Stabia, we drove past Mt Vesuvius
-Arrive at the hostel
-“Is anyone else itchy?” -Tim
-walked to baby beach
-everyone gets stuck in the elevator. thank god i wasnt on it.
Day 4:
-Iced cappuccino, didnt agree with me
-pass metro stop “Nocera”
-POMPEI!!!!!!!!!
-2 sandwich lunches confuse us. hot pink salame
-kelly throws her hard-as-a-rock glutton free bread to a dog, dog gets up and relocates to the other side
-took train to Sorrento
-Beautiful
-Taste tested Meloncello
-Back to home base.... Dave broke his hand?
-nope, just popped fingers out of place playing soccer with local boys, they popped them back in place though!
-disappointing fruit dessert
-played the HaHa game on the terrace
Day 5:
-Ercolano - much like Pompei only better preserved
-Chilled on floor in train station
-Train back to Roma from Napoli
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