Downtown

Type in "Naples, Italy" in google images and take a look at some of the pictures. That's what it looked like today. These were some of the most beautiful sites we've seen so far, and we only went to downtown Naples again. This time we were alone, and we walked a LOT farther, until we ended up leaving all of the traffic and hub-bub of downtown life. We reached the water and were about ready to jump in. Unfortunately Italians have a trash problem (they like to leave it everywhere) so we saw a few piles floating through the rocks, but as long as you didn't look right at the shoreline, it was absolutely stunning. The pictures I took don't even do it justice. There's no way to capture how beautiful it is without seeing it yourself. While we were walking through downtown to get to the water, there was some sort of parade or protest going on, we're not sure what it was. There was a huge group of policeman leading the way, and men and women waving signs and flags walked by singing songs together. It was awesome. The battery on the camera ran out while I was filming the first video, but then while we were standing there they started singing "Yellow Submarine" by the beatles...but in Italian of course, so I switched batteries and caught a little bit of the song. As we left the busy part of downtown and made our way to the water, there were a lot of flowers, and a nice large stone sidewalk with little vendors, statues, and trees everywhere, and it seemed every couple minutes we'd walk by a couple making out. Apparently love was in the air today. We also saw a lot of sunbathers out on the rocks, as well as two different weddings. I couldn't imagine getting married in one of those churches or castles, and then having my pictures taken up on a ledge against the water, holding onto a pole kissing. It was breathtaking just watching them. We got gelato on our walk back to the bus stop. It was PHENOMENAL!!! Caleb got chocolate, Michael got some sort of oreo looking stuff, and I got a scoop of caffè with a scoop of menta on top. YUM YUM YUM! By the way, for those of you that looked at the last link of photos I posted on snapfish, the reason we had so many pictures of sushi was because I made it myself for the first time. It turned out wonderful and we'll definately be eating it more often! We hope you all enjoy the pictures and videos.

Here is the link to snapfish with the photos we took today. http://www2.snapfish.com/thumbnailshare/AlbumID=912407007/a=37864239_37864239/otsc=SHR/otsi=SALBlink/COBRAND_NAME=snapfish/