Italy at its finest!

My friends and I decided to take one last adventure within our final days of Italy. We ventured off to the beautiful island of Capri. Before leaving we decided to take any precautions and packed a whole suitcase FULL of food. This was done because being an American and being hungry is not ever an option or acceptable in our book. We left Thursday night and spent a whooping ten hours on an overnight train that dropped us off in Naples. When we got to Naples, we took the train to the ferry station and took a 45 minute ferry ride to the island. Once we got to the island we were all in amaze at how beautiful it was. We went to our hotel, put on our bathing suits and ventured off onto the island. We took a 2 hour boat ride around the island that seemed to be much longer. On the boat ride, we stopped at the blue grotto and went through the cave. It was so blue, and so beautiful. It was really an amazing experience.

After that, we continued to ride around the island. Eventually the “skipper” took us to a secluded beach where the group of us found interest in diving off the 20 foot cliff into the blue. All of us, completely fearless, did this anywhere from three to seven times before we were too exhausted to climb back up the steps. The boat driver took us back to the dock and we went back to our rooms to clean up for the night. At night, we walked around the island and window shopped in stores such as D&G, Louie Vutton, and so on and so forth. We then decided that a good dinner would be just what we needed to end the trip. The dinner on the island was so good, but at the same time SO expensive. After dinner, we decided that it would be fun to stop at a club “bye bye baby”. More like “bye bye euro”. For one drink, I was charged ten euros, but once they noticed I was an American it changed to twenty euros. Needless to say, the twenty euro redbull & vodka, did NOT give me wings.

The next day, half of us shopped in the stores, and Nick and Gwen took a moped ride all along the entire island. After a few hours, we got back on the ferry and back to Naples. While in Naples, we learned how to watch people like a hawk, due to the fact that one of the students ALMOST got pick pocketed. We quickly got on the train and ventured back to Milan. Overall, the experience my group of friends and I went through was truly a life learning lesson. Not only in Capri, but in Florence, Venice, Rome, and all the other amazing cities we visited. The lessons and the memories are things that we will all cherish forever. Twenty years from now, we’ll all be able to look back on this experience and appreciate all the memories we made. From being charged to use a bathroom, to jumping into fountains, and being overcharged in bars and taxis, are all things we will look back on and laugh at when we’re older. So thank you, new and old friends, for giving me an experience of a lifetime! Love you guys!! –Arrivederci