Amalfi Coast

Ciao bellas!

I had the most amazing weekend last weekend. My roommates and I took a trip down the Amalfi Coast in Southern Italy and it was the most beautiful place I have ever seen. I saw so many beautiful little towns and I did so many cool things!

On Thursday night, we left Florence on a bus. We stopped in Rome to pick up some other students and continued our journey to Sorrento. There, we stayed in these little cottages in a hotel that looked almost like it was in the middle of the rainforest:

It was so nice to see so much greenery. The next morning we got up very early and took the ferry over to the island of Capri, a cute little place with lots of colorful buildings:

In Capri, my roommate and I decided that we were going to be adventurous. Our tour guides told us about this extremely strenuous hike up to the very top of the island of Capri:

That top peak is where we hiked to!

One of the amazing views along the way.

The hike was one of the hardest physical things I've ever experienced, but it was completely worth it when we got to the top. You could see the entire island as well as miles and miles out to sea. It was incredibly beautiful and I now feel so accomplished considering I can say that I've climbed to the top of an island!

So happy to be at the top!

These are a few of the views from the top. Unbelievable!

After hiking back down the mountain, we took a well-deserved boat cruise around the island. Check out how blue the water was:

This boat cruise involved many exciting things:

1. Swimming through the green grotto in the Mediterranean Sea

2. Holding a non-stinging jellyfish

3. Taking a trip into the blue grotto

Overall, our Friday in Capri was extremely eventful. I think we went to bed at 9:30 that night.

Saying goodbye to Capri. The highest peak is the one we hiked to!

Saturday, we took the bus to the small, seaside town of Positano:

We spent most of our time there just laying on the beach, relaxing after our adventurous Friday. We had a beautiful view of the church in Positano:

On Sunday, my roommates went to Pompeii. I had already seen Pompeii, so I lay by the pool until we had to leave to return back to Florence. My roommate and I got really lucky and got the front seats on the top of our double decker bus! The view was fabulous:

As a kind of sidenote, my roommate and I had our first "random hostel roommates" experience while in Amalfi... and it turned out fabulous! We lived with two other girls, Jackie and Gen, who were so nice and so enjoyable to spend the weekend with:

We also spent the weekend with our honorary Amalfi roommate, Megan:

I was very excited when I found out that Megan was born in Rochester! She goes to Iowa State now, and it was so nice to meet someone from the midwest. Also, we were both very amused to see each other Saturday morning in the exact same outfit. Fabulous midwest minds think alike!

I leave in a few hours for Barcelona, which I am very excited for. Expect a new blog post in a few days!

Ciao,

Sarah