Rome, Day 4

Today was really cool, but full of a lot of Drama. We woke up early and checkout of our hotel in Rome. Then we drove for 4 hours to Pompeii and toured around the ruins. It was soooo hot! The tour was long, and hard [lol, yea... Im immature] but very interesting. One of the cooler and more immature things I learned, was that on the streets and walls of Pompeii, they carved out the shape of a penis that pointed to the brothel. I thought that was funny, and even funnier to see. Many of the annoying people from Texas complained that our chaperone (Sasha) went too fast, but I thought he was fabulous. If he went any slower we would have been in the sun way too long and possibly missed our other tour deadlines. Two chaperones got into a fight about weather he was good or not (can we not just agree to disagree anymore?). That is a stupid thing to fight about in my opinion. The fight left high tensions between Texas and Washington for the rest of the day, and I hope it doesn't continue throughout the trip.

After Pompeii, we got onto the buss and headed out for another 2 hours to our new hotel... in Sorento. One word describes this place - Beautiful. Everything from the buildings, to the water, to the beach, to the kittens was beautiful. I supervised the kids when they went swimming, and then we ate dinner. Then we went for a walk, and happened upon a bunch of little kittens! they were so cute and fluffy. They wouldn't let us get close enough to pet them, but we sat for some time and just watched them play with each other. I did manage to pet the mama cat, and she purred up a storm. After we put the kids to bed, us cool chaperones went out to the patio overlooking the bay and drank while the sun set. It was gorgeous.

Tomorrow we will take a boat to the island of Capri. I am really looking forward to it, but am afraid of getting sea sick on the way. Fingers crossed! If I have one regret about this trip, well... its not really a regret, just a wish, it is that I was here with a special someone (for the lack of a better word). Many times thus far on this trip I have enjoyed a spectacular sunset, or amazing piece of artwork, and feel that something is missing. I would like to come back someday with that special someone. On another note, I am becoming good friends with the other chaperones, and we are having lots of fun with these kids.