Naples/Pompeii

Hey yall!

Well, what a weekend!! Things here haven't slowed down a bit but it has been pretty fun!! On Thursday was one of our friends birthday's so we went out to celebrate and we went to get some chinese food! It was actually pretty good and pretty cheap also! It was kind of nice to have something besides pasta, bread, and potatoes!

On Friday we headed off towards Naples. It was about a 2 hour drive I think...I'm not really sure but it wasn't too bad of a bus ride! When we got there we had sack lunches and ate on these steps outside of the Museum we were going to. I felt like such an American! ha With the big groups it is kind of hard to fit in as an Italian! But after lunch we went to the Museum and it was pretty cool! I learned a lot of neat things and just seeing some of these scupltures, mosaics and paintings are absolutely crazy! We spent abour 3 and 1/2 hours at the Museum and headed towards our sleeping place. It was an old Seminary and it felt more like a prison! ha But it wasnt aweful! We had a BEAUTIFUL view of the ocean and the Bay of Naples. We had dinner and a lecture and then we were free for the night until curfew which was midnight. So we went down by the bay and walked around and also got us some Pizza because we heard that Naples was the birthing place of pizza! Kurt and I shared a pizza named Mexico and it was pretty good. We didn't really know what was going to be on it because we can't read Italian but it was Alfredo cheese, beans, and I think onions. Not really sure! But it was pretty delightful! Oh and we had some Gilato!!

On Saturday we headed to Pompeii which was my favorite part of the trip! The city used to be covered in stone from the eruption of Vesuvious (the volcano nearby, which is still active). They started excavating a LONNG time ago and just seeing these things were crazy and it blew my mind! But it was awesome! No doubt about it! We then had time of our own and we were exhausted so a group of us hung out at this snack place and read our books! ha fun stuff! It was then time to come home and I was pretty excited! Especially to sleep in my bed!!! I never thought I would say that!

Sunday was a relaxing day. Just slept in, had some brunch, worked out and ran, and relaxed!! Sunday night though a few of us got tickets to the Milan vs. Lazio game. It was pretty cool! Those Italian people do love their soccer! ha But it was definitely an experience and I am glad that I went. I think the boys really enjoyed it as well! We got back around midnight and decided that it was time to head to bed!

That brings me here and I am just getting ready to head to classes! I have the 8 AM class off today but I get up for breakfast anyways and this is when I usually get stuff done if need be, review my notes for a quiz, or just relax a little bit before my day starts!

Hope all is well in the states. I heard the Steelers won the superbowl. Not sure if that is true or not, I haven't looked it up but I hope it was a good game!!

Love yall and miss yall!

Kel