Rain, Rain Go Away, Come Again Some Other Day
Rise and shine! Today was a very early day for us, compared to all of the other days. We had to be ready and leave by 6:30 A. M. We were in a bus ride for 4 hours to Naples. There was a lot of traffic this morning so we were a little late. The University of Naples Federico II, the school of engineering welcomed us and some of their professors gave us presentations on things related to engineering. It was amazing to see their lab because it was massive compared to ours. Our lovely brunch can be seen below, there were lovely pastries and beverages served to us.
It was very nice when we were indoors, but when it came time to go to Pompeii and be outside it started to rain. In case you are wondering if January is just this rainy normally, I asked a couple different people and they confirmed that it is not. This is the most rain they have seen. Did any of you go to the Science Museum in Minnesota when they had the Pompeii exhibit? The group when to the actual town of Pompeii today and saw the different houses, malls, people, and even dogs that were preserved in hot ashes since 79 AD.
After Pompeii we ate at a restaurant called Fratelli La Bufala, which means the cheese of the female buffalo. They are famous for having mozzarella buffalo cheese. For starters we had some mozzarella cheese and other sides, then we each got our own pizza. These pizzas were huge and not everyone could finish theirs. After we ate all of that pizza they brought us out dessert! It was a very filling meal. After dinner some of us had a famous Italian lemon liquor called Lemmoncello. We just got back to the hotel at about 12:30am. Tomorrow we get to sleep in (9:15 is when we are leaving the hotel).
Phrase of the day: Sonon pieno come un uovo! This means I’m full, or literally “I’m full like an egg.” (pronounced sohnoh pee-ehnoh kohmeh oon oo-ohvoh )