oh the travelling

well, i never thought i would be happy to be out of greece! its a very nice place to visit but we stayed a little too long...the three of us have gotten so used to being super active every day that the laying-on-the-beach-doing-nothing-all-day-life did not agree with us.

athens to naples was the hardest leg i think we will ever do. started at the train station in athens...couldnt find the right train...then a man working for the station told us which one to get on...super nice of him, right? except it was goin the wrong way! by fluke got the right train with minimal switching, then had to take another train from corinth the rest of the way to patra(the port we needed). small, overcrowded train where lauren and i literally got attacked by giant flying beetles bigger than my thumb! GROSS!

our ferry was actually the bright spot of the trip. a luxury ferry with air seats(which are basically like first class airline seats). complete with a pool, sauna, sports lounge and sit-down meal service(which we were obviously too cheap to use...self-service all the way). not too bad a sleep either and the ferry only got in about an hour late.

then it was onto the train from bari to naples...not bad but we had a little girl next to us that was into throwing tantrums. this train was also late arriving...and we almost missed our connection(seriously considered whether we should just stay on the first train and go straight through to rome with no stop in naples cause we were so late). made it on the connection with seconds to spare! then a mini train in sketchy naples to the outskirts(much more safe-looking) where we are staying.

that concludes the 36.5 hr trip! we survived! a little worse for wear, but all in all, still in one peice.

today is pompeii. talk to you all soon