Vico Equense Day 3

This was the last day of our stay in Vico. It was kind of sad. We had a ton of options of how to spend our afternoon. All options were great but unfortunately each person pretty much only had time to settle on one option.

On this day we went to Pompeii. It's a beautiful place and I can't believe that I was able to go. All the structures that have survived from natural disasters (volcanic eruption from Mt. Vesuvius) were stunning. I can't believe people actually lived there. The roads and sidewalks were all made of cobblestone. I think the indoor flooring was even cobblestone. We were able to venture and find the wealthy homes which were amazing. The wealthy homes had so many rooms. They were great.

We also got to tour the small brothel. It was interesting. Lea (the art history professor) told us that prostitution was well-accepted during that time. So we got to go inside. It's very tiny with about 5 rooms. Each room had a bed but each was made out of stone. I can't imagine anyone being comfy on those stone beds so I'm just going to assume that they had straw or some type of bed cover. Also what we saw in the brothel were tiles lining the ceiling that showed paintings of different options to choose from. That was interesting. After that we followed Lea who took the group on a tour throughout Pompeii. While we were tagging along with her, we got to see someone's back yard and a fast food restaurant.

After the tour Lily, Angie, and I went off to the Isle of Capri. We took a ferry to Capri and it was stunningly beautiful and unreal. I can't believe what I saw, and I'm pretty bummed that I couldn't take any pictures. Capri is just so beautiful! We grabbed lunch there and I bought an amazing hot pink scarf from there. We wanted to go to the Laguna, I don't know what it's called but it's cave and beautiful but we missed the boat that would take us there. So instead of going on that even though I really wanted to, we took a bus up to the top of the mountain. It was a great and scary ride. The roads here are extremely narrow. Our bus driver was driving so close to the edge of the mountain which was great. It was as if we were about to fall over. Those rides are typically awesome. I'm just glad that we didn't actually tip over. haha

We got to the top to Ana Capri and it was beautiful. We got some gelato and walked around for a few minutes and then got back down to have some time to get to the beach before having to catch the ferry back to Sorrento and then to Vico. We ended up taking a taxi cab down the mountain. Before leaving for Europe, I swore that I would never take a taxi knowing that the driver would overcharge me, but this was urgent and the driver flat out told us that it would be 20 Euro to get down to the bottom. It's a lot but this lady from Australia offered to pitch in on the ride so it ended up being 5 Euro each (We also met another Australian on the ferry to Capri. She had just graduated college which she called uni and had been couch surfing and sleeping at hostels).

So we got to the beach and ran into Lanny and his family. And he took pictures of us stumbling into the cold cold but so clear water. It was great. That was my very first photo shoot. Nice. But the water was really clear and beautiful. I wish it had been warmer but it was slightly chilly with a breeze that day. I'm not a fan of beaches but I'd definitely go back to that one.