May Twenty Second – Twenty Sixth, 2012 –
Today on the Twenty-Second of May we caught up on blogs and
rest once again. This was a good break
from all of the walking and a good chance to settle down for a little bit. At around 4:30 we all met up downstairs and
we walked to the metro and rode to the Spanish Steps. When we got there we got off at the wrong
stop and ended up having to walk in circles for a few minutes and then finally
found them. We walked to the top of the
stairs and took in the surrounding church and the crowd around the stairs. After the Steps we got into teams and started
trying to find our way around Roma with just maps and trial and error. Our first stop was a fountain that was next
to a modern art building. Next we went
to the Trevi Fountain and I tossed one Euro into the fountain like all the
tourists. I also got some Gelato Crème
Carmel, which was some of the best I have had so far.
Next up it was Dave’s and my turn to take us to Campo De
Fiori, which was a big plaza and had the Drunken ship in the same area. We all stopped for a small snack and a little
beer, after the snack we navigated our way to the only island in the
Tiber. This was a pretty cool place, but
the Church owned it so we could not get to it.
It also started raining so we all separated and found places for
dinner. We stopped at a restaurant right
across the street and I had a delicious white fish and mashed potato dinner
called the Cernia alla mugnaia.
The next day Brady, Jack, Sumner, Dave, and I all left for
Positano on the Amalfi coast for our free days.
We hopped on a high-speed rail from Roma to Napoli, which only took
about an hour and a half. From Napoli we
jumped in a cab that took us all the way to our hotel in Positano called the
Royal Domina Hotel. This place had a
great view and everything around it was beautiful. Where we stayed was a hill town with a sea
view. The town had houses built into the
sides of it and houses stacked one on top of the other.
We went to the beach every day and on our walk down we would
always stop at the Delicatessen to pick up freshly made Panini’s and Nastro
Azzuros Birre. The beaches were black
sand that turned into small little pebble rocks, and then into larger smooth stone
beaches. The water was an amazing blue,
but at times had many jelly fish. We
met some nice people on the beach most days; a couple from Brazil and some guys
from Colorado. We would stay on the
beach until about 5:00 everyday then walk back up the hundreds of stairs to our
hotel. After showering and relaxing for
a little we would go to dinner. We had
some amazing local dinners here and some great house wines.
One night we met an American, Derek that was a lot of fun
and quite hilarious. I think he was just
so excited to see some American’s that would actually drink more that one or
two relaxing drinks. He told us about
his idea to open up and Irish pub in the area, which personally I think would
be awesome since it is such a touristy place.
Unfortunately we had to leave this paradise, but we made our
way by bus to Sorrento, and then an hour and twenty-minute train ride back to
Napoli. Once we got to Napoli train
station we got a quick pizza at the station and then to our 2:50 high-speed train
to Firenze. This took about 2 hours and
30 minutes from Napoli because we had to go back through Roma.
When we got to Firenze we found Kyle and Tanner
and tried to get a hotel at the Hotel Boston.
This was a very small place, and the main guy at the front desk spoke
almost no English. Once we discovered
that there were no rooms Brady, Sumner, and Jack found a place right down the
road with 4 beds for a good price. We
took showers and then hit the town for dinner and some drinks. We went to Osteria de Benci and had another
amazing dinner. I got the Drunkhaard
Noodles, which are like regular spaghetti noodles but soaked in red wine and a
lite cream taste to it. We also got 2
liters of the house Chianti for the table.
This was an awesome dinner that carried us on to the Lion’s Fountain
Irish pub that was filled with American college students. We got one beer and hung out for a little
while, then decided to head back to the hotel since we had a good bit to do in
the morning before “class” started b
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