naples/sorrento + munich

sooo since ive last updated you all, we went on our south field trip to naples and sorrento with our class. i would have been able to go to pompeii also but our flight to germany conflicted with that whole thing.

it was completely different to see "skyscrapers" in naples, since were not used to tall buildings like that in rome. in fact, i guess i havent seen anything like that since paris, but even so, we werent near the city at all, we could just see it from the top of the arc de triomphe. anyways, the first thing we did was go to the national archaeological museum which was probably the most uninteresting museum ive ever been to. it was full of statues we had never seen and artists i didnt know. im the type of person who likes to go to places where ive learned about the art im going to see. if i dont know the artist or work, its hard to be interested, unless its a modern or contemporary museum. these were a couple statues i found pretty though :) plus the gorgeous ceiling in a room we passed through.

after the museum we caught some 2 euro pizza (and i mean a whole pizza, not just a slice) since napoli pizza is THE original pizza. and it was very very yummy. then we caught a train to sorrento where we split up to check in at our hotels. we had a couple hours to kill and checked out some side streets were there were small shops and vendors. 

walking around before getting ready for dinner

since we had a full course meal planned for later that night, we got ready and head out to the restaurant that translated into "lemon tree." i cant tell you for the life of me what it was in italian. some long word. 

my appetizer, i didnt show a picture of the veal because i hated it. yuck. never eating that again. our ravioli was good though! and dessert was amazing.

the next morning we got to fly to MUNICHHHH. i slept the entire way there. as soon as we got there we noticed they had pizza hut and kfc and typical american chains...until now ive only seen mcdonalds and some spare burger kings. thats it. then we checked in our hotel and headed straight to oktoberfest. oh yeah, and ryan got hit by a car that night. by a BMW hes proud to say. i was a little in shock for awhile since i saw him get hit (by the car going about 25 mph), but i didnt see him land (on his feet apparently). i was in the median still because i dont run out into streets when the walking sign is RED, but the most disturbing thing was that the lady who hit him stopped her car and got out to yell at him. she was grabbing him and wouldnt let him leave. she was so mad. then another lady came out of nowhere and slapped the lady who hit ryan. then we left because we were terrified. are the pedestrian laws in europe different than in europe? because the way she reacted was ridiculous. i mean, ryan ran out in front of her, but she hit him with a car. i was shaking for a good 20 minutes.

we saw some gorgeous castles on houses on our walk

my first impression = (valley fair + state fair) x 938742936587

first thing we did = buy some german brats (WITH KETCHUP YESSS) so good

since we werent able to spend much time at oktoberfest the night before, and ryan getting hit by a car kind of ended our night early, we made sure to get to oktoberfest early the next morning. you have to get there at like 6 in the morning in order to get a spot in the "beer tents" where pretty much everyone my age hangs out and they serve beer. thats about all there is to it. they have food too. the crowds we had to get through to get in were terrifying. imagine being at a heavy metal concert with a couple thousand people trying to get to the front, except the front is one door and everyone is trying to get in before everyone else. we held on to each other and tip-toed while we were being "lifted" toward the front. it was insane. the stampede would have killed someone if they didnt stay on their feet, but we finally got in and got a table around 8ish. 

7am. enough said. oh and it was 40 degrees. we could see our breath.

first beer!

some sweet germans we met and hung out with for the day

since we had an early flight to catch the next morning, we went to bed early (after gettins subway for dinner of course) and woke up at 5 am to get the 6:15 bus to our airport that was 70 miles away. ummm that was almost an epic fail. half our group caught the bus without us, but ended up not being able to get any more people on since it was so full. we got stuck trying to figure out a train. long story short, because its a painful one to remember, isssss we had to take 2 trains and a taxi to our airport, and after everyone let us cut the line for security (since our flight was doing last calls), we made it onto our plane with 5 minutes before take off. i cant say ive ever had a more stressful but fun weekend. 

at least the views from the train were pleasant. taking pictures was the only thing distracting me from the fact that we though we were going to miss our flight. thank god we made it!