Return to Rome

Once again, I have fallen out of bed at a time that should be banned. We all jumped on the bus and drove further south along the coastline. Now, you think the Great Ocean Road is bad? The amalfi coastline is DREADFUL. I had to sit in the front seat and still felt absolutely horrible. We stopped in Amalfi itself for morning tea, but I only ended up nibbling on a plain bread roll and drinking water...! :D No gelati or custard-filled something for me. :D Then we went to another town further inland (Ravello) - very quaint, cute, but couldn't be bothered. Coastline is beautiful, and there are lemon and olive groves EVERYWHERE. driving was amusing, too. :D there are so many hairpin turns, and we were in a massive coach, so i don't know how many times we had to make 3 or 5 point turns on a corner, and this guy was a local!! :D a bit hairy scary at times... then, we stopped in Naples (Napoli). *So* unimpressed. Very dirty, messy, falling apart, and a really negative vibe in the place. i could count on one hand the number of people on the bus who were interested in stopping. afterwards, I found out our guide didn't even want to stop there!! it was really hot too (apparently about 33-35 degs) and since we were all exhausted from a couple of really busy days we just couldn't be bothered. everyone was just hanging to get to rome. arrive in rome we did, and i had time to shower and see the second half of the aussie vs brasil match. disappointing with the outcome, but was impressed with the attack the aussies kept up. wasn't a steady flow of brasil attacking, and the aussies had some good pressure happening. missed a few good goal opportunities, though. As soon as brasil scored their second goal i went into the restaurant for dinner to avoid the rush at the end of the match - ended up having dinner with 3 girls who i'd been in sorrento with, and caught up with an old friend. ended up sharing a cabin with a couple of girls on holidays from an exchange program in france. Interesting conversations...!