That was on Tuesday. Then Wednesday Julia and I went to Ponte Milvio (which I wrote about in the previous post). Then Thursday, which seemed to drag on forever, partly because it was a beautiful day out and we were stuck indoors. Everyone seemed to gather outside between classes-even if people only had a half hour break between classes, no one wanted to waste the amazing weather inside. I mean, it's in the 60s and it's FEBRUARY! How amazing is that?! The whole week has been amazing-it was supposed to rain in Naples, but since Julia and I had our umbrellas it didn't rain (we've decided the rain can't handle us and umbrellas, so it doesn't even try :P). Today was amazing and warm and sunny and just beautiful outside! Wednesday though, it rained (after mine and Julia's walk to Ponte Milvio, right before we started playing soccer). So we ended up playing soccer in the rain-it was warm out so it was actually quite fun :)
On Friday Sohaib, Julia, Vy, Becca and I went to Naples. Although it's not a beautiful city by any measures, it's worth it to go. The pizza is amazing, the sites (castles, the port, churches) are definitely something to see. After getting to Naples we decided to find a pizza place for lunch. The walk there was torturous for me and Julia-sooo many stores and so many sales, we had to remind ourselves that we'll have time to shop after lunch and after we see everything we wanted to see. Though 50% of the stores were wedding dress (or wedding shoe) stores which kinda freaked us out-although the churches are really pretty in Naples, are there really that many people who want to get married there?
So after trying to find a pizza place which was supposedly famous for inventing the margherita pizza, we ended up at a different pizzeria which was amazing-the walls were covered with awards for best pizza competitions and the largest pizza, etc. 
So after pizza we made our way to the sea and took some pictures by the port, after which we walked to the castle. Unfortunately we had to pay to get in, so we just stayed outside and took as many pictures as possible.
After we walked around, got coffee (Vesuvio-a shot of espresso with whipped cream and chocolate and chocolate fudge and possibly nutella and a piece of chocolate-it was AMAZING!! Mine and Julia's new goal is to have coffee in every city we go to...) and then went to a museum (Naples National Archaeological Museum). It contains Roman artifacts from Pompeii, Stabiae and Herculaneum.
There was a great statue with really blue eyes that looked very... intense. Julia and I both had the same idea of just staring into its eyes, which just looked hilarious. Only we could find something to laugh about in a museum. :P
Layout of Pompeii:
After we walked around and shopped a bit-we each found a nice watch (that can double as a pretty decorative bracelet) and bargained it down to 5€, and then we got a few other things too (jewelry). Then we caught the 8:30 train back to Rome and went to sleep so that we could wake up in time to leave at 8am the following morning for Orvieto.
We were all pretty tired so the bus was silent for the 2.5 hour drive to Orvieto. When we got there we took a cable car to the top and had a short tour of Orvieto. The view from the top was amazing and while we waited for the rest of the group to take the second cable car up, Julia and I went and took pictures of the view. After the tour we had a chance to walk around and shop if we wanted to. Julia and I found random pieces of chalk on the ground so we each wrote " (name) was here." The, while waiting for the bus to take us back down, I noticed my watch broke-kinda annoying cause now I'll look at my watch to check the time, forgetting that it doesn't work, but it's ok-time stopped in Italy so now my time in Italy won't end :)
Then we had the most amazing meal I've yet to have in Italy. 4 courses of amazingness-prosciutto, ham, pumpkin risotto, homemade noodles with mushrooms, sausage, pork, incredible tiramisu-type dessert (nearly frozen gianduio chocolate and coffee). It was amazing and so insanely filling. We have learned to always go on any Loyola-sponsored meals because they are incredible! And the best thing, this was all free because the director decided to pay for the whole trip. The director also sat at our table, which was fun and interesting. We learned some interesting things about Orvieto and Italy in general (for example, extra virgin olive oil is the best and the darker it is, the better it is because it's retained the most flavor). Orvieto is also famous for its white wine which really is great.
The cable car we took to the top:
Grape tree!
One of the courses in our amazing 4-course lunch!
Dessert:
Tomorrow I think we might be going to the Vatican for the Scavi tour (Highlights of the tour include what is thought to be Peter's original tomb, a "graffiti wall" which has Greek letters for "Peter" and fragments of words that may have said "is here," "within," or "in peace," and a second tomb built by Constantine as a more fitting resting place for Peter. The other side of the graffiti wall has a small hole with two small clear plastic boxes containing 18 of the 19 human bones found on the site. The 19th bone has been retained by the pope in his private chapel). If we're lucky we'll get in-apparently it's incredibly popular and you have to reserve tickets months in advance, but according to Father Bohr there are usually 2 or 3 spots left the day of, so if we get there early enough we may have a chance to get in. If not we'll just walk around, explore Rome more. We also want to try to get into the Vatican museum which is free the last Sunday of each month. But the line is insanely long and from what I hear it's best to get there at 6am. Obviously we're not doing that, so we'll see if we get the chance to go in.
