sorrento+capri=one AAMAZING weekend!!

so to be honest i have been dreading this blog because so many amazing things have happened in the past few days i don't know how i can even explain or write it all down but i will try my best! sorry this is going to be a long one!

so last week my friends and i decided that we wanted to go to sorrento and capri (down south) for the weekend. so thursday night the three of us (me, casey and katy) booked our hostel and friday we went to the train station, got a ticked to rome. that was about as much planning that we did for this whole weekend. so on friday, i took my test in the morning and then packed up for the weekend and then got on a train to roma. the train to rome took fooorever..i didn't realize how long it was going to take but since it was the cheapest train, of course it would take forever..i think it took a total of about six hours just to get to rome...but the train ride was fun we met up with three other people who were also going to sorrento and capri that our from our progam..so the train took about six hours and then from there we had to get a train to napoli...the train to napoli was fun cuz i tried/attempted to talk to an older lady who barely spoke english and i was using what little italian i knew to talk to her about her family and my life in california..i realized so many people have so many questions about our life in america..like they seriously believe the hills/laguna beach is real! so then that train ride was about two hours and my friends were talking to other italians and we were like ya we are going to sorrento and they were all saying "good luck" because its so far away and hard to get to..so i was pretty nervous and had no idea that it might be difficult to get to..so we got to napoli around 11 o'clock at night..yes the scary napoli that everyone stays away from..ya i was there at 11 o'clock at night..luckily we had two guys with us and they stayed with us the whole time and we were just in the train station so it was all good...thennn from there we finally got on a metro bus to sorrento which was another hour train ride..but this was the best train ride ever! so we were talking to these german girls and they were also asking us about tv shows in the us because they watch everything we have in the us but just with german or italian subtitles..so they were asking if shows like Next, Date my Mom and just trashy shows (i love new york) were real..of course, me being the one to loooove trashy shows was chattin it up with these girls and they were shocked to find out that california wasn't like that haha and thennn we were talking about sports and one of the german girl plays american football..and then i said that o my sorority has a powderpuff football team and they all didn't know what a sorority was so then i started to explain it and this lady sitting behind us helped me to explain what it was..then she went on to talking about how she is in a sorority..she went on for a while about how she helps out during recruitment for hers and then i finally asked her what she was in and she said ALPHA DELTA PI! and i just about freaked out!! how can i come half way across the world and find a sister!! it was just so exciting and we took a diamonds picture together and it was just great! so we then finally got to sorrento and then we went to our hostel after searching for it for a while...so we get there and realize that we are going to have one random roommate and we asked the front desk if it was a girl or a boy..and he goes o its a girl and its wa-nye..then i looked at the paper and was like o no that way-ne..un regazzo! so we get to our room and there is this gooorgeous australian man in our room! we were all just thinking jaaackpot! so we chatted it up with him for a while and he has just been traveling for three months by himself. we told him that we wanted to go to capri in the morning and he did too so after getting to know him we decided that we would all take a boat tour around capri the next day..we then all went to bed cuz we had had a long day of traveling and a long day a head of us tomorrow.

the next morning we got up and went to the breakfast that our hostel had for us. un cafe and crossiant..classic italian breakfast. we then go to the boat dock and try to make the original boat that we wanted to take but we missed it by just a few minutes..so we hoped on a big ferry boat to capri and got there in about 20 minutes..it was fun to see the ocean for the first time in a while and it is just soooo gorgeous everywhere you look its unbelievable. when we arrived we didnt really have any plans so this random guy came up to us and asked us if we wanted a boat tour..he seemed a little sketch cuz he didn't have any paper work with him or a shirt to make him official but it was super cheap to go on his boat for two hours..i asked him how long he has been doing these tours and he responded with three years and then i asked any deaths? and he said no..so that was a little comforting haha (by the way the gorgeous australian is with us the whole time..can't forget about him!) so we get on the boat and it was a nice boat..an area to lay on in the front and a nice sitting area in the back..so we take off and its super rocky and i just kept thinking i hope no one gets sea sick! but the views were so beautiful..the water was so blue and clear and the town from far away was gorgeous...like honestly i can't even describe it just go look at my pictures on facebook haha! so then after about thirty minutes i was thinking about how i gotta go swimming in the water! so we stopped at the Green Grata and the water was pretty calm so we all decided to jump in..and it was amazing! the water was pretty warm for an ocean and it was sooo salty so i was able to float so much better! i stayed close to the boat but the aussie (wayne) and katy went into a cave and katy actually got stung by a jelly fish! she was pretty calm about it and a champ cuz she didn't even cry or really do anything about it..and she realized like i am on a boat so what can i do about it..so thenn we just layed and "tanned" on the boat and then got to the blue grato..which i guess is pretty famous but i had never heard about it..so it was an extra 10 euros to go in but we figured we gotta go! so we jump in a small dingy and this guy Rafeal starts to push us and we literally barely make it underneath this super low ceiling right as we enter-then we get through that with screaming and all and realize we are in this cave that is completely blue! it was sooo crazy and beautiful..the water was bright blue and the light from outside looked blue too! the italians were all singing in italian except for rafeal and i was a little disappointed..then we got back out and got back on our main boat...and headed back for capri..we then unfortunately had to get off the boat and i got un panino con proscutto, mozzarella e pomodore..that was amazing! so then we were fueled up and did a 25 minute hike up to the top of capri because their city center was there..so we made it up to the top and it was like a beverly hills of italy..pretty sure george clooney and mariah carey have villas here..so we walked all the way up there and then down and then took the ferry back to sorrento..

we got back to sorrento and were all pretty tired so we decided to head back to the hostel and rest/shower and then we would go out that night..so after a few hours we went out to dinner at a cute restaurant in the center of sorrento..its cool too cuz cars are not allowed to go in the city late at night so its all walking..so i had raviolis which were maagical! so soft and all hand made from scratch! could not be any better! then we found this bar that we thought looked pretty fun so we hung out there for a while..i met a couple from canada that were super cool but didn't like celine dion! what the heck!! but they were still pretty cool so its ok haha and i met some people from east bay area which was cool..my fav part of going out is always talking to people and seeing where they are from and trying to make connections..which most of the time i can! haha so we then didn't get home till around 3 am and i just passed out i was so tired!

the next morning we were all pretty tired and knew that we had a long day of traveling ahead of us so we walked around sorrento for a little while and then hoped on the train to take us to napoli..some people wanted to go to the restuarant thats in Eat Pray Love so i sucked it up and got brave and walked around in napoli trying to find this famous pizzeria..it was so scary in napoli..i never need to go back there again..there were vendors all over the streets selling knock off purses, wallets and even things that you know have been stolen..there were rings, ipods and cell phones..like its crazy that stuff could be yours! so as i was holding onto my wallet/passport for dear life we finally found pizzeria de michele and it was closed!! we completely forgot it was a sunday and the whole country of italy (except for the scary vendors) close down cuz its family day!! i was soo bummed! so i took pictues of it and then went across the street to a place that apparently is owned by the same place..but its still not the same! so we went there and i got a pizza con proscutto..it was aaaamazing!! i felt like elizabeth gilbert/julia roberts and decided that i was going to eat the whole pizza..and i did! i have to say it was good..but not the best pizza i have ever had in my life..i have yet to have that experience..so we then very carefully walked back to the train station and in that time i decided that napoli is like the ghetto of LA or New York..just dirty and not fun. we then decided to pay a little extra and take a faster train to florence..so instead of about 10 hours it will take us 4..good deal! so we got back on the train and i sat across from this old italian man who i think seriously just stared at me while i was reading my book for a solid three hours..it was soo awkward..like everytime i looked up he was looking at me so strange..i think he was just interested in what i was reading and who i was as an american i guess...we then got back around 8 at night and i came home..skpyed with the rents/gma and then passed out! i was exhausted but it was an amaaaazing weekend!! worth every penny!!

so now i am onto planning for this weekend! i either want to go to lucca or bologna for the day!! bologna is where lasagna came from and lucca just looks gorgeous!! and then sunday i am doing a breast cancer walk!

thats it for my update..thanks for reading! sorry it was long but i just have so much to tell you guys about!! hope everyone has a good week!