We FaceTimed with Maggie this morning, and it was so good to see her! She called from the hostel where she and her friends are staying - a cute little place a few blocks from the coast. She can see rooftop gardens, the sea and in the distance a mountain from balcony.
Maggie is traveling with 3 other Semester at Sea (SAS) passengers - Bella from Pittsburgh, Salma from Connecticut and they met Meadow from Maine at the hostel. The four have decided to tour around Naples (and Venice on 1/3) together before they board the ship next week.
Last night they went out on the town with some other hostel residents, and this afternoon plan to eat a proper first meal at a Naples cafe (pizza, anyone?) as well as do some shopping at the quaint shops. They walked up and down the Naples coast earlier today - see photos. The weather is sunny and a warm 65 degrees. And Maggie is having a wonderful time.
Theyve been warned that anyone walking around town tonight (New Years Eve) between 11pm - 1am may get firecrackers thrown at them from the balconies above, so they
dont plan to be out too late. Well see. Wherever they are at midnight in Italy, theyll be ringing in a new year with new friends and a lot of excitement about the journey they are just beginning!
