Capri and Serento

Ty and Mike passed out in the 7even!

This weekend was possibly the best weekend of my life.

To start at the beginning, we partied thursday night into the morning and didn't go to sleep where we caught the 5:38 a.m. train out of Roma Termini. We took a train that early because it was so much cheaper than at a later time. After about a two hour train ride we arrived in Napoli where it is to say the least the "Bronx" of Italy. We hopped on a train to Serento which was only an hour ride, making several stops on the way. Throughout the duration of the train we passed by the Mediteranean Sea and huge cliffs and mountains. We even passed a famous still active volcano. The sights were insane. Once we arrived to Serento which was the last stop on the train we took a walk to our hostel which was call 7even. It is on the list of top ten hostels in the world. (Check it out for yourself, http://www.sevenhostel.com/) It was ridiculous, but there was one problem we had 6 guys in our room and we had a reservation for five but thankfully we just ended up each paying 50 Euro instead of 60 Euro for the whole weekend. It was an amazing deal and I wish I lived there. After we got the the 7even we checked our bags, actually we just locked them up and put them in a random room. We grabbed our swimsuits and then 15 of us headed out to look for a beach. It took us forever to find a public beach where you did not have to pay but eventually we did. The boys ditched the girls and went to an awesome lunch. We had some wine and I had penne pasta with carne. It was great just as everything I have eaten here. After we hung out at the beach all day and swam in the black sand beaches we went back to the hostel and showered. We then attended dinner with all of us at this amazing restaurant that over looked the sea. We also had two courses for dinner, for example a pasta then meat. I had a macaroni and cheese pasta and then steak for my main course. Outstanding as usual. After that we walked home and I was so exhausted; we partied for a little at the rooftop bar of the hostel and then I passed out around 11:30 considering I have not slept in 40 and some odd hours. The following morning we all woke up and grabbed breakfast around 9 and then we had to be ready at 9:30 am for our private boat tour that was going to take us to Capri!

They picked us up in Mercedez vans and off we went to the harbor. After they shuttled everyone back and forth. The five guys and I (Jeff, Jimmy, Pat, Mike, and Ty) jumped on a boat with Christie and Tiana. And off we went to the coolest thing I have ever done in my life. Our drivers name was Francesco and he was pretty cool! We were laughing unbelievably hard on this boat ride because the driver was nuts and going full speed off HUGE waves. It was so fun! They took us to caves and coves to swim in but we did not get to swim in the Gratos because the waters are privately owned and you can get fined up to 300,000 Euros for entering. There were three gratos (blue, green, and white). It was awesome. After awhile of taking us around the island we headed to Capri where we got dropped off and went to explore the island. This island was straight out of Jurassic Park, just imagine the cliffs and crazy stuff because this was it! The coolest thing I have ever seen. We walked to the center of Capri and it took about an hour up hill and sweating but the view was worth it. Cruise ships everywhere, yachts everywhere. After we toured Capri a little we went back to our boat around 3:00 p.m. where the driver than showed us crazy islands and caves all around the island. The sea was very very choppy this day. We got to a certain point where you could cliff jump, it was about a hundred feet so some people did that. But the scariest part was the millions of jellyfish all over the place that are just waiting to sting you. They were big, small, brown, and yellow. Everyone got pretty sun burnt. By the time we got home to back to shore it was 7:30 p.m.

We all then showered really quickly and went down stairs for 7 Euro pasta dinner. Followed by a huge party at our hostel where everyone partied the night away, there were so many other college kids from other programs there. I loved our hostel. We went to bed pretty late. But this morning was an awesome morning too!

I woke up around 7 a.m. and went on a long run up and down the coast of Serento. Doing some of my own sight-seeing. By the time I got home from getting lost so many times I look at my watch and it was already 8:45 a.m. Luckily right across the street from our rooms was a turf soccer field. After my run I saw a guy kicking the ball around so I went and asked him if I could play with him, of course he let me. As time passed more and more people came to the field. (All Italian speaking) So i had to try to communicate. It turns out that it was a league on Sundays and they play all the time. One team was a man down for the first half so they let me play!! It was insane. So much fun! I played for a little over a half hour and thanked the Italians for letting me play. Then no one was awake yet, so I grabbed breakfast alone. Went upstairs, showered and packed up. We had to checkout by 11 a.m. The weekend was amazing! and thankfully not too expensive. We walk at least 5 miles a day here, it hurts the legs to say the least. We hiked with all of our bags back to the train, trained for an hour back to Napoli and then headed on our long train back to Roma Termini. We got back today around the 3:30 and the boys grabbed McDonalds. This trip was amazing, it is hard to explain everything in such detail but it was really cool just to backpack and leave. Just go with the flow, nothing is ever planned.

I just upacked my ridiculous Northface travel back pack and threw in a load of laundry. I also made some pasta with pesto and spinach. I am so dehydrated from all the activities that we have been doing. I have some Italian homework and reading for my other classes that I have to do tonight. But the boys are going to get dinner so I am going to go sit with them. I will blog more when I have more time. Hope all is well at home with school and work. Love everyone. Check my new picks on face book too!

!Arrividerchi!