6 Continents, 5 Months

Yesterday was our only day in Rome because we have to keep trucking if we want to see everything. We headed south to Pompeii. We had to get up early in order to catch the train and get to Pompeii before sundown. First, we went to the main train station in Rome. We met a family there from the States and they had four kids, just like us. They were also coming to Pompeii and on the same train schedule as us. By the  time we found our train, it was really full so we split off away from the other family so that we could sit together. The train ride to Naples was two and a half hours long. I couldn't sleep on the train because it was really loud so I got a full look of the countryside of Italy. It really reminded me of Penticton because of all the vineyards (grape farms) and mountain and valleys out to the sea. When we got to Naples, we hurried down to by our tickets.  When we got our tickets and got on the train, it was only about twenty minutes to Pompeii. Pompeii is a small city and it is located on the "toe" of Italy, because if you use your imagination, Italy looks like a boot. We got to Pompeii at roughly noon. The family and I were all hungry but we really wanted to just check into our hotel and rest for a bit. We found our hotel after a while of looking and it is very nice. My dad asked the person at the hotel where they would recommend for a place to eat and they drove us to an amazing Italian place. It reminded me of how I wanted to go to a restaurant just like this one. The people at the restaurant and all over Italy are extremely friendly. The restaurants around Italy close around 3:30 but the hotel owner is good friends with the head chef, so they stayed open late for us. It reminded me of a restaurant the Italian Mafia would eat at, you know, the one where the Mafia boss sits in the back room, heavily guarded and enjoying pasta. That's my impression of the restaurant. The food was amazing. I took a break from pizza and decided on pasta. I had lasagna and it was un-real! I love the food in Italy so much. The deserts are amazing as well, and delicious. After we were all well-fed we went back to the hotel. We laid down again, it is really relaxing in Pompeii. After a few hours of relaxing, it was dinner time. My dad and brother wanted to go back to the Pizzeria we had at lunch, but my two sister and I wanted McDonalds :). My mom fell asleep back at the hotel and we decided just to let her sleep. Anyways, the five of us ended up going to McDonalds for dinner. I never thought a Big Mac would taste so good haha! Because of the such narrow streets in Italy, they don't have drive-thru's. Instead, they have walk-thru's. There is a window, just a drive-thru, but you can just walk by and order and you don't even have to go inside, it was really cool I thought. The night come to a close, we watched a movie back at the room and went to sleep.