Napoli

Napoli was the last stop on our Greece/Italy trip and the pizza here was amazing, as expected because apparently it's the birthplace of the pizza. I think I had a pizza it least once a day while here. Napoli wasn't exactly the nicest city, but it was where we were flying back home from.

Oh, actually we had a rather interesting story while in the airport. So, we waiting in line at the security checkpoint and we come across some suspicious luggage that had been left behind and no one was looking at it or picking it up. Then when we're almost about to go through, the power went out. The lights had been flickering while in line, but no the power actually went out for a solid minute or two in an aiport! It was the one of the most ridiculous things that I had ever seen. None of us could believe that a power outage would/could actually happen at an airport, but in Napoli I guess it can. This combined with the suspicious luggage that someone had planted seemed quite suspicious and some members of our group got quite nervous. It really was just the icing on the cake to our Napoli trip... haha it was quite the city.

Oh and I did go to Pompeii, but I forgot my camera so I guess I'll steal some photos from my friends and share them later.

From Bari to Sorrento

Date: April 16

We arrived in Bari, Italy early in the morning and had to walk to the car rental place to get a car we could take to Sorrento. It was just as expensive and took much longer to travel by bus or train so we figured it would be more fun to rent a car. So, we did. However, when we got to where the car rental place was supposed to be... it had closed 2 months before! Luckily, a woman at a Best Western was able to direct us to another car rental agency near the train stations. We had to walk for probably another 20 to 30 minutes to get to this one. But, we finally did and go the car to drive to Sorrento.

Of course, the only car they had available was a manual. And being the only person who was 21, I was the only one who could drive the car. I've learned that I've gotten better at driving stick than I used to be, so it wasn't a problem. Smartest thing we did though, was renting a GPS. We would've been in trouble without it.

It took us about 3 hours to drive across Italy, and everything went quite smoothly. The best part of the drive was between Napoli and Sorrento. The countryside was absolutely amazing, and the tiny roads snaked along the cliffs right next to the water. It was an extremely cool place to see. Driving was definitely a better choice than taking a train... I'll explain later about the trains in Italy.

Anyways, we found our hotel fine and returned the car later in the day. It was definitely a good end to a long trip from Greece.