I met my mom in Rome on Saturday and then we come here to Amalfi for 3 days. We went to Capri yesterday and that was really beautiful. I was excited to see the Blue Grotto after hearing so many amazing things about it, but it was closed due to high waters, which was sad. But we did take an amazing 2 hour boat ride around the whole island and the captain took us into a few other grottos. It was a really gorgeous island with tall cliffs covered in moss.
We went to Anacapri to take a chair lift to the top of a mountain. It was really cool to see the island from above.
The only thing that I will complain about briefly is that things in the south take about 8 hours longer than they should. The boat that took us to the island only came back once, and it was much later than we wanted to leave. I guess I should just accept it and go with the flow, but I'm sort of not a go with the flow person :(
Anyway, Amalfi is incredibly beautiful. I don't know how people drive here. The roads are so narrow and the cars just speed past each other. For the girls who were in Sicily with me, it's like Erice lol.
So today we went to Vesuvio and Pompeii. We took a 2.5 hour bus to Vesuvio which put me right to sleep. Something about buses really puts me out. We got there and we climbed to the top. It was windy and foggy up there. Apparently is is snowy in top of the mountain until about May. It took 20 minutes to reach the top. It was very cool to be on top of Mt. Vesuvius but I honestly couldn't see inside the crater because of the fog situation.
We had lunch and met a really nice couple and then we went to the ancient city. The ticket booth didn't take credit and my mom and I were both completely out of money, so we wasted about 30 minutes trying to find a Bancomat, which made me upset, because we were only allowed 2 hours to begin with. I was worried that we wouldn't be able to see everything, but I think that we ended up seeing quite a bit. I learned some cool facts while I was there so that made me happy.
Just a side note, there are tons of wild dogs in the ancient city. I thought they were cute and friendly and one of them looked like Maggie :)
So I guess that's about it for now. I am heading to Dublin tomorrow and then London and Paris. I think Josh and I are going to take a day trip to Brussels- which would be so fun. Also, I think that my mom and I have decided to do Barcelona for the last four days, which will be terrific! The city of the future!
Wow, I can't believe I am leaving Italy...strange.
Okay, Ciao! <3
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