So it's been a while and I've been requested to put another blog up... ok Mom. ;)
So at the end of February I went to Venezia with 4 friends and we celebrated Carnevale right! (like mardi gras, but for the rest of the world) Venice is the place where Carnevale happens... THE place. Venezia is known for it's amazing canals, gondolas and Carnevale! I didn't feel like spending 20 euro to ride a boat... so I saw the other sites in Venice instead. We all bought fancy Carnevale masks for the occasion, but we were WAY underdressed in comparison with some of the people who went ALL THE WAY! The costumes were AMAZING!!! Not everyone was dressed up, but you could tell everyone wanted to be dressed up... this is like a BIG Halloween party (for all the American readers) where if you don't come in a costume, YOU'RE the one who feels strange. I decided next time I go for Carnevale, I will go FULL ON!!!!! :)
However, aside from the throngs upon throngs of people in Piazza San Marco (which is it's own beauty), Venezia truly is one of the most beautiful cities in the world. I think partly because you can walk from one end of the island to the other (our journey to our hostel with our luggage at midnight when we arrived) in one hour. There are no cars or motor vehicles of any kind on the island, just boats, gondolas and bikes. It's a very tranquill city. (At least I'm sure it is when it's not full of people flocking there from around the world for 2 weeks for Carnevale) All in all, I had an amazing time...
One of my friends and I went to Burano (known for making lace on the island and having very colourful island houses) and Murano, (known for it's glass making) each about a 30 minute boat ride from Venezia. (6 euro, not 20)
I was also able to go see Pompei and the Amalfi coast over the past month... I've been busy. Pompei was amazing! It was HUGE, I spent 3 hours walking around in the sun taking pictures, playing with dogs (there's a lot of stray dogs there that are vaccinated by the city and you can adopt one and visit Pompei for free for one day! They're so lazy, just sleeping in the sun all day... ;) The city was really interesting, after Vesuvio erupted during the night, all the ash that fell covered everything so quickly there were still people sleeping or huddled together in fear. After the ash hardened, when scientists were escavating the city, they filled some of the cavities where bodies had decayed with a plaster mix thus forming a hard form in the shape that had solidified around a former occupant during death's claim. It was a beautiful city filled with history and really cool.
I recently went to the Amalfi Coast (I know Buddy and Lizzy, I was supposed to buy you guys some things there, but Buddy, I don't have your list yet and Lizzy, my friend said we could get the same stuff near Napoli for cheaper than there at Amalfi and Sorrento so... promise) The towns along this long, crazy, winding road were beautiful and the Mediterranea was the bluest water I've ever seen and crystal clear... I wanted to swim, but I was told it was still cold, so, meh, next time. :) There was also a BEAUTIFUL Villa just past Amalfi called Villa Rufolo that was like a fairy tale castle (a small one). Ivy on the walls, beautiful gardens and flowers, on the seaside cliffs over looking the sea and the village/town... so amazing...
The pictures don't do this amazing place justice, but the way there's a perfect harmony of mountains and the sea together is beautiful and makes you want to drop everything and stay there forever... lucky for me I've got a life line to pull me back to reality in August.
There are more pictures soon to be on facebook with all the good ones... these are just some of the pictures that I felt painted the portrait of my adventures the best.
I haven't heard anything from the Navy yet, for those of you keeping track of that, should be sometime in the end of March or beginning of April, I promise to keep you updated.
I miss you guys and hope you're all doing super-fantastic!!
<3 from Italia
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