Capri Sun!!!

     And here's to the absolute best day of my entire day: Capri, the most beautiful place on earth.
We took a short 20 minute ferry from Sorrento to Capri early in the morning, and even the boat ride was fantastic! Capri is a little island in the South of Italy, and even though it is incredibly touristy, it is just breathtaking. We entered at the port and immediately got a group together to rent a private boat for a tour of the grottos and to go swimming! It was 85 degrees outside- PERFECT and the water was beautiful. I've never seen bluer water in my life (Let's be real though, I am used to Jersey water...) Honestly, just sitting on the boat and admiring the beauty of Capri was just enough for me! Needless to say, that 20 euro boat ride was by far the best investment thus far! I hope you can relive the moment with me in these pictures!!!

Getting ready for the boat ride!

 

The Grotto!

The girls just hanging out!

Loving life!

SHOUT OUT to my sis Morg! 

 

     

WOO! All of us swimming in the water!

These are just the pictures from the boat ride!! As you can tell we had such a phenomenal time, but it only got better. We got on the incline to go visit the actual city of Capri, not just the port, and it was great. Capri is a place where many rich, famous celebrities have villas and they are everywhere. There is no doubt in my mind that we ran into some celebs, but I probably just didn't recognize them LOL. Here are some pics of Capri City:

     The core of town

All of the shopping here was strictly designer; it was Via del Corso x10! 

 Pictured above are the houses all along the walk from Capri port to the city. Could you imagine living here?! Oh and the trees and flowers were just so beautiful I couldn't pass them up!

     Our night continued with a great group dinner at our hotel. I just have to add that 3 different weddings we all going on in the hotel we stayed at (Go Duquesne picking out the good hotels!). Dinner was filling-- my favorite part was desert: Ricotta cheese and fig pie with pistachio gelato and a little cookie underneath YUM!!! The wine we had was white wine made in Paestum (where we stayed)- one of the coolest things on our trip is going to a place a drinking/eating everything they make right before your eyes! Our trip continued early Sunday morning to a Buffalo farm... Stay tuned for more!

Molto Amore

Ky xx

The Perfect Weekend Getaway!

Ciao ciao!

     This weekend was by far the best weekend I've had since coming to Rome, and I have to say it wasn't easy! Our weekend trip was mandatory for all of the Duquesne students- it was the southern excursion. We all visited Mt. Vesuvius, Pompeii, Sorennto, Capri, and finally Paestum. At each place we did something completely different- I have pictures of everything- and it just turned out to be a wonderful, yet exhausting, weekend.

     Our day started early Friday morning when we departed from campus around 7 AM and arrived at Mt. Vesuvius near 11 AM. Good thing we had a long bus ride and were well rested, because we climbed the volcanoe! Can you believe it?! I still can't! It was definitely a hike and thank the heavens it never erupted LOL Here are some great pics of Mt. Vesuvius (and yes, I had to be high styling while hiking!)

And it begins...

INSIDE! 

 View from the top!

 We made it!!

Once we reached the top, we had a packed lunch and learned a little more about Mt. Vesuvius and Pompeii. I do have to say it wasn't much of a break, and since we climbed up we had to trek down, too.  

     The day continued when we went off to the city of Pompeii. There we toured for FOUR FULL HOURS (and we still didn't see everything!). Even though I was incredibly exhausted, Pompeii was so cool. It is an experience that I know I will appreciate a lot more when discussing Pompeii and actually being able to say I was there. Incredibly strong emotions were visible during our time there-- the best way to describe everything is definitely through photos (but I learned so much that I'll try and explain everything!). 

Their "Colossuo" or Amphitheater. The Colleseum in Rome came about, because there was a colossal sculpture of Nero in front of the Amphitheater-- this was how the theatre differentiated from the others and eventually adopted the name The Colleseum (notice that Rome's amphitheater holds around 60,000 compared to the 6,000 in Pompeii).

 

 Here are just some of the sights (houses/stores) of Pompeii

 Outlines of the human bodies in plaster form (CREEPY!)  The Bath House...this was a social gathering for the people

 Mosaic in original form! 

  

Pompeii was great! It was so incredible to stand in an ancient but recently discovered town. The one thing I did not get to see were the Whore Houses-- they said that each whore had her specialty position in a fresco on top of the door to the bedroom (as bizarre as it sounds, it would've been pretty neat to see). This was by far the hottest, longest, and most exhausting day, but we all survived and continued our beautiful weekend in the South of Italy. More posts about the weekend to come!

Ky xx