Day 5

Mt. Vesuvius

Sorrento, Italy

May 29th, day 5, was one of the most memorable days of the trip for me.  We woke up around 7:15, packed our bags, ate breakfast, and headed to the city of Naples where we climbed Mt. Vesuvius!  It was a long ride on the bus to where we were to start walking.  Once we got off the bus, we went straight for the climb.  I got a walking stick from one of the vendors, which really ended up paying off.  It was a very long and hard walk up the volcano; harder than I had imagined.  We had to keep stopping on the way up to take a breath as well as some photographs.  The view of Naples was absolutely amazing!  I wish it wasn't so hazy though, so the pictures would have been a little clearer.  We finally made it to the top, and some of the girls and I got our picture taken under the sign telling how high up we were.  It was an unbelievable feeling being on the top of a volcano, especially afterwards when we were in Sorrento and saw Mt. Vesuvius and how high it was from far away.  Once we walked back down to the bottom, I made sure I bought a few things there to remind me of our journey!  After this, we went to lunch.  We had a choice between 2 plates, and I chose penne with tomato sauce.  It was sooo good!  Afterwards we drove to Sorrento, Italy on the bus.  This was by far my favorite city in Italy.  It was such a pretty place.  The views off of the bridge were amazing, and I took many photographs there.  We did a ton of shopping afterwards, where I bought a bottle of Sorrento white wine.  I can't wait to try it!  When we got back to our hotel, we ate our included dinner, and all of the girls hung out together afterwards.  We then met up with almost everyone in our group at a bar around the corner.  I was expecting there to be a lot of people there, but then again it was a Sunday night.  Even so, we had a lot of fun just sitting and talking with everyone from the group!