This past weekend a group of friends and I went on a trip to the Amalfi Coast.  We left Thursday evening and came back Sunday evening.  We went through a company called “Florence for Fun” that organizes trips for students here in Florence.  The group I spent most of my time with was my roommates Lindsay and Jess, three girls who live together in Florence: Amanda, Kristin, and Lindsay, and two guys: Max and Mike.  Mike is dating my roommate Allison who didn’t come on the trip because she was visiting a friend in Venice.  It was a great weekend full of fun and beautiful surroundings!  It was a nice weekend to relax and not think about school.  Our hotel was in the city of Sorrento, Friday we went to the island of Capri, Saturday we went to Positano, and Sunday we went to Pompeii on our way back to Florence.  It was a busy weekend with some craziness along the way!  I won’t describe everything but here are some highlights of our trip:

Scheduled departure time: 6:30 pm Thursday night, actual departure time: 7:30 pm-gotta love “Italian time”, it’s like island time only more annoying

Scheduled arrival time in Sorrento: 1 am, actual arrival time: 3 am….italians should win an award for accuracy in tardiness

Saturday took a boat tour of the island of Capri and went in the blue gratto.  Honestly the boat tour was worth the money but the blue gratto people like to rip you off!  It was an amazing thing to see and I am glad I did it. but at 10.50 euro for only a few minutes that truly will be a once in a lifetime event!

Even though we had spent 10.50 to go in the gratto our boat guide still tried to get tip out of us. I gave him a euro and he said “more tip?” he’s still waiting for it….

Hotel fed us free breakfast and dinner.  Food was pretty good but the highlight was our waiter. He was an older man probably in his 70s or 80s and he was adorable. He was so sweet and we all decided to call him “nonno” grandpa in Italian.  We fell in love with him and wished we had taken a picture with him.

Saturday night we went out to a British pub, not sure why we always end up in a pub of a different country but there were plenty of Italians there.  Had some fun dancing but then the italian guys got a little creepy so we left.  never seen a club so out numbered with guys, I guess italian women have no desire to go out because the only women in the club were the students on the trip and a handful of italian women.

Saturday we headed to Positano and hung out on the beach.  It was really sunny and I got a nice tan.  Tried to find cheap lunch which is often easier than the super long hikes down to the beach.  Cheap food doesn’t exist on Amalfi Coast.  I liked to think of the extra cost compared to Florence as a charge for the view, it made me feel a little better.

Saturday night a few of us stayed in while everyone else went out.  My roommates Jess and Lindsay and I sat around and drank some white wine and talked.  It was a fun night and we went to bed early.

Sunday morning: didn’t need to wake up until 9 am but was awoken at 7 am  by a group of French kids running up and down the halls screaming and pounding on doors!  I guess some of the people who went out the night before woke them up at 2 am so they were getting back at us.  I have never heard so much noise and yelling in my life!  Their chaperones were encouraging them to be loud too!  It was insane but hilarious at the same time.  Other students on our trip kept yelling at them to be quiet but it just made it worse! Looking back it’s really funny but that morning we were so exhausted that it was not fun!

We went to pompeii that afternoon and even though you could spend an entire day (or 3) in Pompeii we had a measely 2 hours.  It sprinkled twice during our tour but luckily we got in all the main sights.  It was really interesting to see it all.

The bus ride home wasn’t too bad, we watched 2 and a half movies and I slept some.  I was so happy to be back in Florence though!  Exhausted we all went to bed and slept in today.  Ready for another week in Florence!  Next weekend we go to Rome…can’t wait!

Hope you are all doing well!  Have a great week!
Ciao,

Becca

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