Because he owns the only restaurant in Civita, he gets a lot of interesting business all the way from Julia Child to Bob Hoskins to Rick Steve (during his backpacking days of course). Franco is the nicest guy ever and has some amazing stories. We had another amazing lunch with Franco and his dog Bellito. Most of the place is falling apart because the soil is so soft, but there are a lot of attempts going on to stabilize it. If you look up pictures you'll see that there is a bridge that goes mostly uphill that we had to walk up to get to the center of town. Yesterday we went to see Civita di Bagnoregio, a tiny little town on top of a hill that sits in the middle of a valley. We had an amazing 7 course lunch there, unfortunately I couldn't eat two of them, but the meat was great! Another long day, but we made it. We got a glimpse into monastic life with Brother John. Most of the group went to mass that morning, and then we got to tour the church and parts of the monastery. Tuesday we went to Norcia, and tiny town in the mountains famous for pork. Lots of hills! I think I've finally realized that while my knee is great on a day to day basis, in situations like this, it's just always going to be useless. Another small town in the mountains in Southern Umbria. We finally got out of the traffic and got to Spoleto. It was well documented on my part, and quite scary! On our last day there we went to Naples to the museum, outside of which was a huge demonstration in the street blocking all of the traffic. Absolutley amazing! It rained on and off, but it was a fun long day. Unfortunately it was freezing and started hailing on us while we were outside. We went to Paestum, a small area known for its temples. So let me think, we went to the catacombs the day we left Rome and of course, I loved it! Jessi - you have no idea how much I wanted a K2 meter and a EVP! First night in Sorrento we went down to see the Mediterranean.
Let the wild rumpus start free#
We did lots of shopping in our free time (which was minimal). Sorrento was gorgeous and I loved the smaller town atmosphere compared to Rome.
Let the wild rumpus start update#
Sorry for the long break! I didn't get a chance at all to update in Sorrento, but worry not. Part of me is excited to come home and see everyone, but I don't want to leave Italia! But this will most likely be my last post (sorry for the lack of pictures lately!), and Max and I have had a blast. It's been a lot of fun being on the other side of Rome. I was amazed at how big the entire place is! We also got to see the burial site of St. Peter's and even got to go down through the Scavi (excavation, for the non-Italian speakers). Today we didn't have to meet until after 9, which was a godsend. I think because it was a so cheap and good that a bunch of us are going back tonight. I went to dinner with the professors and a few others on the trip and had Chinese food. Yesterday was Baroque Wednesday which meant more churches, another villa, and the Piazza del Poppolo. I made two Italian friends, Francesco and Rafael, who are supposed to be going on a pub crawl with us tomorrow night. The festivities were a blast, despite the looming 8 am meeting time the next morning. After that we headed to the Campo de Fiori for dinner and didn't come back until around 2 in the morning.
We went to a musical performance that night - opera's greatest hits, which was interesting. We did Renaissance Tuesday and went around seeing everything Renaissance you could want to in the city. Tuesday was Shauna's birthday! We had a crazy long day and walked forever. I chose to wander around and do some laundry, as my boots have developed a miserable stench which has infected all of my socks.
Unfortunately we only have a few days left : ( Monday we took the bus back to Rome and had the day off.