28 Ottobre 2014
Ciao! We are on our mid-term week so life is currently full of flash cards and exams. Also my parents and sister are in Rome for the week so juggling seeing them with school is my main goal. As a break, I thought I would add another entry to the blog to talk about our latest weekend excursion.
The weekend of the 16th through the 18th, the Rome family took a trip to Sorrento. Our first day we visited the Island of Capri and had a wonderful day exploring the Island and having a class in the Villa Jovis; there we got to see the living quarters of an Emperor who retired on the top of the Island. The views of the blue Mediterranean were so tempting and after lunch a few of us got to go for a swim! The next day, a group of us decided to go for a hike out to the edge of the peninsula in Sorrento. The hike out was relaxing but we decided to go a different way back that was quite long but the views did not disappoint! After the journey we spent a little time getting to see Sorrento before leaving bright and early Sunday for Pompeii! While the outside view of the town makes the town seem small, once inside the ruins, the town continues forever! The maze of streets and temples, government buildings and houses was striking and in a strange way, beautiful. Everyone had been assigned a different structure to give a presentation on so our time was spent moving from place to place with the students (myself included) giving guided historic tours. Could there be a better classroom for Pompeii but Pompeii itself? After we had lunch and continued back towards Rome. On our way, we made a brief stop at the Abbey of St. Scholastica as well as the Monastery of St. Benedict on the cliffs of Subiaco. The artwork throughout the monastery was incredible and Benedict's cave was beyond words.
Italian Word of the Trip: Grotta- Cave
Place: Villa Jovis, Capri, Italia
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