Weekend Recap

For whatever reason, pictures were uploading really fast today. I uploaded about eight of the weekend in Sorrento. I'll try and narrarate the weekend's activities below each picture.

This is the convertible taxi we took while we were in Capri. Every taxi on this island is a convertible. The ride wasn't too expensive, five of us rode from Anacapri (the central market in the island) back to Marina Grande, where we rented our boat.

This is Brian, Kelly, and I on the first day in Sorrento. We were winding our way down the mountain towards the coast (on our scooters) and saw a nice spot for a picture. We were impressed that Kelly kept up with us on the scooters and that Andrew, instead of Kelly, got in the scooter wreck. That was a good day.

This is me diving into the blue waters off the coast of Capri. Action shot brought to you by our sponsors, American Eagle (see the outline of my body), and Old Spice. But really, someone took this while I dove in. After this, we swam through the "green grotto" which is a cave where everything around you looks green. We took an underwater camera with us, but have to develop the film on our own. Hopefully those pictures turn out. This was one of the highlights of the weekend. We rented three boats to take about 18 of us around the island. They were comfy and the "captains" spoke very little English. Most people told me it was the best part of their weekend, hands down.
This is at the "English Inn" in Sorrento. We found a bar/pub that plays American music all night, so clearly Dayton people were all over it. I didn't stay here too long, but I did stay long enough to see a sixty year old Italian woman's birthday party. She came over and tried to ask us if we would help take the decorations down, but Andrew decided to give her a birthday kiss instead. It was very funny, and she ended up buying Andrew a bottle of wine. Funny fact, that was the second sixty year old Andrew had kissed that day (he kissed some housekeeping lady by the coast earlier, for literally no reason).

This is me at Pompei. In the background is THE Mount Vesuvius. I was imagining what it would be like to be buried under thirty feet of volcanic ash in this picture. That is my pondering face.
This is everyone who rented the boat with us in Positano on Friday. We got to drive this boat (see me at the wheel in the background!?). It was awesome. We drove out to these three islands off the coast, and they turned out to be the islands called "Siren" from the Odyssey. There's a little nugget for the literary buffs. Anyway, we rented this boat and drove around for a while. No one wanted to jump in except me, so we pulled to a stop in the ocean, only to see that there were a ton of jelly fish around. A girl from UD had already been stung that day, so we moved the boat two or three more times, and at every stop, we saw jellyfish everywhere. I jumped anyway, I'll only be able to do that once. Didn't get stung, and it was incredible.

This is my famous scooter. I got the girliest baby blue scooter they had. Although by the time I was done with her, she was fully intact. This was maybe the smartest fifteen euros I've spent in Italy so far. We had so much fun. Brian took a video of me driving this thing, so maybe I'll try and upload that this week. It was pretty safe (Mom), because they made us wear helmets. Finally got the hang of it after two hours, I'd love to try riding one in the States, where people actually respect the laws.

The final picture is Brian, Andrew, and I at Pompei. Vesuvius is in the background. It was a really beautiful day. We walked around here on Friday morning (with a tour guide who was very informative) for about two or three hours. I was very ready to not walk anymore after this. I learned a lot, and kind of hoped Vesuvius would erupt while we were there. The last eruption was in 1940, and all the experts say that the volcano is far overdue for another eruption.

So that was the weekend. I hope the pictures did it some justice. If I see that other people have better pictures, I'll attempt to put those up. Another week of classes here. A nice thing though is that I only have one class every day. People are talking about going to Florence this weekend, and I might jump on board for that. Haven't seen the pope yet either, maybe I'll see what he's doing tomorrow morning. Gotta go eat, thanks for reading!