A day in the life of a Greek

After a very long and hot train ride, we arrived in the Almafi Coast in Solerno! Our hostel is well....different. But have really enjoyed the past two days and have spent plenty of time at the beach under the sun! The hostel is really open and has an unusual amount of older people hanging around.

Today was absolutely magnificent! We headed to Paestum where ruins of an entire Greek/Etruscan/Roman city are including three gigantic Doric temples. We got off at the train station that was nothing more than a small waiting room and a tourist information office and set down the road in front of us. After about 10 minutes, we emerged in front of a giant field and there were these huge ancient buildings in front of us!

The largest was by far the Temple to Neptune but the others, the Temple of Hera and the Temple of Athena, didn't fail to impress us as we walked around the ruins. In between and around each temple were remains of homes, shops, pools, markets, arenas, political chambers and an ampitheater. The site was rather large and we spent well over 3 hours wandering around, taking pictures, and of course, finding some rest in a few shady spots.

We were so glad to have an air conditioned train for the ride back, but the sun had completely drained us! After eating dinner rather slowly, we put on our swimsuits and headed to the beach to relax. From the beach, the views are amazing of mountains all around us. Last night, during a walk, AJ pointed out some lights way far out in the distance that couldn't be stars and today, we saw in the haze a mountain at least 30 miles in the distance.

Tomorrow we are heading to another coastal town, Sorrento where we will be spending 4 nights before we go to Rome! As usual, we don't know about internet access. This might be our last post before Rome where we can hopefully catch up on photos!

Miss everyone! And can't believe the summer is almost over!

P.S. We are glad everyone enjoyed our Pisa pictures!