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10.14.2003the scooterriffic adventures of jonny g and the sorrento 3
well, rome didn't go exactly as planned. i was supposed to leave on tuesday, but ended up staying 2 extra nights. on the pub crawl, i met 4 cool people, who all ended up being in my room, and we all spent the next couple days together. on wednesday, 2 of them split, and on thursday, myself and 2 sisters headed down to sorrento.
sorrento kicks ass. especially when you have an apartment in the nicest part of town with 2 double beds, a kitchen, private bath, a small grove of lemon, orange, and lime trees which has a small path leading to a balcony with a view of the entire mediterranea sea and mt. vesuvius, and it costs you 20 euros each. however, i recommend not renting a scooter unless you have a chance to practice somewhere. we rented them, and the girls promptly fell off in the middle of an intersection. about 15 minutes later, we went up a hill and needed to turn around. the road was extremely narrow, and there was a large truck blocking most of the road, so i couldn't see if any cars were coming down the hill. i edged out, and it appeared to be safe, but some car came out of nowhere and i ran into the side of a stone wall. i fell off, and the bike flipped on top of my leg. the girl who was on the back flipped over the top of the bike. i was the only one who got hurt, and somehow, i escaped with only some scrapes and bruises. against our better judgement, we got back on the scooters (except for the girl who fell off twice, she took the bus back) and headed back to the apartment. after regrouping, we checked out pompeii, which was really cool, and the next day we went to the top of mt. vesuvius. again, i have pictures and it's much better to explain in person. the next morning we took off for the isle of ischia. we got to ischia, dropped our shit in the apartment, and headed to the beach where we chilled for a couple hours. then we found the thermal pools and spent the rest of the day there until we watched the sunset. yesterday morning the girls headed to florence, and i spent the entire day traveling. i got to la spezia, stayed in a totally dirty hotel, and got up early this morning to get to cinque terre, which is where i am right now. it's five small villages on the coast of italy where you can hike from town to town. so far it's been really beautiful, but now i am doing laundry and checking the internet, which is something i haven't been able to do for days. anyway, i'm here for a couple days, and then it's off to southern france. i'll write more when i can, but for now i have to go back to the place i'm staying at. i hope you're all well and i hope the yankees beat the fucking red sox. later... |
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