Before I get too deep into this blog post I have to get past my biggest upset in Naples. We didn't make it to Pompii. Our plan was to go to the Herculaneum ruins first then MT Vesuvius and end the day at Pompeii. Well because of some silly miss understanding with the shuttle bus to the base of Vesuvius we missed the earlier shuttle and made it out of Vesuvius right as they were closing the Gates for the final entrance of Pompeii. It sucked! Luckily we had some amazing pizza for comfort food.
Now that that is out of the way I will move onto a happier side of that day. We woke up early and left for Ercolano (the city where Vesuvius and the herculanium ruins are) we bought the ticket for the shuttle and then went down to the ruins. These are the best preserved ruins in the world. It was so cool, we got to go into a lot more places then I had anticipated which made it all that more cool. They even had a wine shop that had enough remints of wine in the jugs to figure out that it was a grape varietal that is grown today. I should remember the grape but I can't for the life of me, sorry.
After a hour twenty minute wait for the shuttle we finally got on the shuttle to Vesuvius. Word of warning if you ever decide to go here and get motion sickness be aware that this bus ride is so awful. I thought I wasn't going to make it serval times but it's ok I got there. It did make climbing up to the top a little more difficult that it could have been but it was so worth it. The view of the city below is breathtaking and the volcano is really cool. The rocks are steaming hot and there is smoke constantly billowing from several places on it. Of course like any monument they have gift shops at the top, I got some goods, including a bottle of wine that the bottle is made from volcanic rock, which I think is awesome.
After this since we couldn't go to Pompeii, we headed back to the hostel. On the was back we passed a metro stop that was listed as the most beautiful metro stop in the world so we stopped to check it out. Honestly it was over hyped, but defiantly better than the ones we have in Chicago. There were a couple little Italian girls there, they were really cute and giggled every time they said a word in English which consisted of hello and bye. It was pretty adorable and made me think of my nieces so I couldn't help but smile.
The cool thing about the hostel we stayed in was the owner Giovani. He is a very hospitable host. He cooked meals when he can and like to quiz me on how I make certain Italian dishes to ensure that I make them correctly. On the last night we were there he gave me a lesson on how to make frittata de macaroni. It was nice to have someone so excited to share Italian recipes and food culture with me. There are defiantly a lot of things that I will be taking home with me to use in my career in the future.
I honestly can not get enough of Naples. There weren't too many tourists, in some places you would hear more Americans on the streets than Italians, this was not the case here, which made it that much better. My next trip to Italy will defiantly include a longer stay in Napoli.
Now on to Rome
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