Hola! It’s Julia. After rests and shopping on Thursday, we went out for Chinese food to shake things up- and even though it was the only food other than Italian or McDonald’s that we’d seen in the entire city (so we were wary) it was actually really good. Between all of us, we had spring rolls, vegetable/chicken chow mein, mixed vegetables, and sweet and sour pork.
On Friday, we had an all-day excursion to Pompeii. For some reason, we stopped for about ten minutes in Napoli (Naples). We didn’t see a lot of garbage, but with a certain breeze, we could definitely smell the effects of the garbage-collecting strike. Gross. And because some non-smart person had determined that we detour through Naples, we also got to detour through the really special traffic. Yay!
However, when we got to Pompeii, it was still awesome. Pretty darn hot, but neat. We walked through all different parts of the city, and saw about eight petrified figures. The doggy one made me sadder than the others, though. The other ones were just cool. The dog’s collar was even outlined!! We took pictures of a bunch of the mosaics, saw Vesuvius from the city, and toured the whorehouse, which had recently had its illustrations restored. I think that part was my favorite.
We had dinner at a small restaurant around the corner from our hotel. There was an accordion player outside. I had my so-far favorite meal, a delicious example of eggplant parmigiana. Papa and Kristina had lasagna, Nana had caprese salad (the mild cheese and tomatoes that I had had at one place earlier in Florence), and Mom had spinach ravioli. It was good! For dessert, I had tartufo nero, a sort of chocolate ice cream truffle, Nana had panna cotta, and Kristina had fruit salad.
Today, we got up and gathered our things. After lots of irritating being-forgotten-by-the-shuttle-even-though-we-confirmed-our-pick-up-at-eight-twice, we got Kristina to the airport and said our goodbyes. We’ll all miss you, Kristina! I think all of us were secretly hoping that you’d miss your flight, and have to stay for another week, too.
It was ridiculous getting our rental car. After waiting an obnoxiously long time to speak with someone, the rental agency didn’t even have our car reserved for us, nor would they care enough to help us get one. They just made us go around to other agencies, begging for a ride. Finally, about two hours after we arrived to get our car, we were able to load up and head south to Salerno. We’re about ten minutes away right now, and I can’t wait. Our hotel sounds really nice, and it’s right on the ocean. Whoo!
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