Well, you may notice that these are not Italian words. However, Alyssia learned she will be needing these items (an umbrella and rain boots) while staying in london. Lou and Samy informed us of this fact. They are two British girls who just finished up two weeks of backpacking through Italy. They informed me that Lou has a 16 kilo backpack on her back and a smaller backpack in front and a hand bag. And my mom thought I was packing too much. They were basically horrified that my backpack weighed 9 kilos,about 25 pounds. Anyways, we met them and two Mormon boys from Oregon who attend BYU Idaho. Yes, I found this quite strange. They are our two roomates along with some German people who don't speak any English.
Our hostel is pretty cool because it used to a be a Fabric Factory. The showers are awesome and I almost feel like I am at home... Except for the italian spoken everywhere and the random 30 other travelers. The hostel is located in Portico, which is a neighborhood to the east of Naples. It's on the train line to Pompeii and Sorrento so we will head there tomorrow.
Naples, unlike Rome is very dirty. However, we managed to eat today, including pizza, chicken kabob sandwich and gelato for under 10 euro. You can't say no to that. Personally, I would rather spend all my money on the leather, the smell of which is intoxicating. Ive heard it's best to wait till Florence, which I plan on doing.
Thus far, I am pleased with the hostel experience and finally meeting some friends. Tonight after dinner and gelato we watched The Departed. I explained to everyone that they would not get shot up or drugged if they hose to visit Boston, MA. Also the movie cut off right after Matt Damon kills off everybody so I retold the ending scene where Mahky Mahk gets revenge in his hospital booties.
OH! I almost forgot! I swam in the Mediterranean today. It wasn't quite craigville beach, but it was pretty warm and salty!
XO
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