Wednesday, December 3, 2008

ITALY: Rome, Naples, Pompeii, & Sorrento

This was my second time going to Rome, but I loved it just as much! Rome is a beautiful city with SO much history. You can never get enough of it!!! :) I totally wouldn't mind heading over there a THIRD time...but as my time in Europe is limited...I'm going to try to visit other countries/cities instead. After Rome, we stopped by Naples/Capri. In particular we visited Naples for about 30 minutes (it was super ghetto...and kind of scary), saw the awesome Pompeii Ruins, and then stopped by Sorrento for some pizza. We really wanted to head to Capri...but alas we didn't have enough time. We had to take a hydrofoil from Sorrento to Capri....and since it wasn't really a hydrofoil, it would have taken 1 hour to get to Capri and then you still have to walk about 1 hour to get to the city centre. Plus we were super tired from Pompeii.... if I ever head back to Pompeiii...I really want to climb Mt Vesuvius!!

ROME: Enjoying gelato

Trevi Fountain:

Pantheon:


Naples:

Pompeii:


Mt Vesuvius in the background:


Amphitheater:

Ruins:

Sorrento:

"Authentic" Italian Pizza: (no cheese)

1 comment:

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