We will be in Croatia tomorrow! Yesterday was pretty hectic as it was the first day in 12 days that we’ve had class, and everyone had to take the Global Studies midterm. It was hard! I attended all the classes, took notes, and studied, but he definitely pulled out little details and made questions about them. Then my Anthropology paper on Pompeii was due at 8am this morning so I had to churn that out in the early hours of the morning. I’m ready for some sleep!
On our last day in Naples, Steven and I went on an SAS trip to Mt. Vesuvius. The roads up the volcano are definitely not made for a motorcoach bus! The driver went a lot slower than the one going up Montserrat, so I felt a lot safer this time. They drove us to around 1000 feet, where we had to wait until 0900 for the ticket office to open. Some of the guides and shop owners there had dogs, and we played with them for a while. I have lots of pictures of Steven with his new friend! The dogs were so sweet but they definitely needed to be brushed! We started hiking up the remainder of the volcano, about 250 more feet, and one of the dogs was following us for a while. The hike wasn’t too hard, but it was all gravel and volcanic stone so it was kind of like hiking up through sand. It was a fairly foggy day so we couldn’t see much until we got to the top and the sun started coming out. We were above the clouds! We were able to see into the extremely deep crater and I picked up a volcano rock as a souvenir. =) I thought the walk down was harder than the walk up because we kept sliding on the gravel and sand. It was a good trip!
When we got back to the ship, we grabbed lunch and started to study for our Global Studies midterm. We had to be on the ship by 1800, but there was a July 4th barbeque at 1730. We were told that the crew went all out for the BBQ, and they weren’t kidding! The food was amazing for being mass-produced for 700+ people. Burgers, delicious ribs, corn on the cob, macaroni and cheese, all topped off with some patriotic chocolate cake. YUM!! About an hour after we had to be on the ship, we had a huge group picture. Everyone went out to the back of the 4th-7th decks and the photographer took the picture from the dock. The picture must be crazy!
It was hard to transition back to classes yesterday! I guess the hotel staff thought that it would be a rough day because it was TACO DAY for lunch! I had read about the amazingness of taco day from alumni, and although it was a very welcome change from the daily pasta, potatoes, and meat, I didn’t find it as amazing as everyone had said. Stale tacos!
So we will be in Croatia tomorrow morning! I have an FDP for my Anthropology class at 1300, we’re going to a village about an hour away from Dubrovnik and will be watching a folk show while learning about the village. We have to use a tender to get from the ship to Dubrovnik, so that should be an interesting experience!
I know everyone has been missing stupid questions, so here are two overheard in Italy:
1. On a tour of Rome, the guide said, “This building was built in 76 AD.” A girl asks, “Wait, is that 1876 or 1976?”
2. “How long is the bus ride to Capri?”
And for rumor control, we are officially going to Greece. Yay! Next post will have updates from Croatia!
4 comments:
Ok, those people making those comments should walk the plank! Really, a bus to Capri? Hmmmm. Can't wait to see the pictures from your climb and so happy for you that the trip to Greece will happen! Be on a hunt for pretty treasures!! And we had "El Taco Noche" last night, too. I belive mine was better! :-P Miss you!
I went to Osojnik when I was on SAS! It was SOOO much fun!!! The guys that did the show were really nice and the food is AMAZING!!!! My mouth is watering just thinking about it! When you're in Croatia, make sure you do a city walls tour of Dubrovnik. You don't have to do an official tour, just get tickets. If you ask for student tickets, they are cheaper than the normal tickets too. They just look at your SAS ID.
You should try Palacinka with nutella. (Palacinke sa nutelom) They are kinda like crepes with nutella and usually chocolate drizzled on top. I'm sure the interport student will explain evrything tho! Seriously. the food in croatia is amazing. and it's SUCH a beautiful country,. :) (My family is from there, so I might be a little partial)
some people should be put on the bus to capri! everyone says croatia is so pretty, i can't wait to see your pictures. glad you are stopping in greece, just be extra careful! hope your midterms went well, just think, when you take your finals, you'll be on your way home! love, mom
So jealous about Croatia. I have a psuedo-cousin (good friend of family type person) who was born there and has family there and stuff and she makes it sound wonderful.
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