Day 8: Swimming in a Volcano!

Today was a enjoyable day. We boarded the bus early to go visit an site of an old theater. It was a 15 minute drive up a mountain, and then a 5 minute walk up hill. The site itself wasn't too impressive but the view was pretty amazing. We spent about 20 minutes going over the history of the theater we were sitting on and then got showed an arch and water wells.

After we left to go to the town of Nemi, the town of strawberries. I thought this little town was really beautiful. The air was filled with the smell of strawberries. Everywhere you went there was some sort of food that was strawberry related. While in Nemi, I got a strawberry tart, which the berries were so much sweeter than the ones we get back home. The strawberries from Nemi may be small but they have a big flavor. The town is also perched on top of a hill, so you can look out over many other villas. I would love to live in this town just because of my love of strawberries is that strong; Also the town is that stunningly beautiful.

We stopped a little restaurant on the side of the road for lunch. We had bread, bruschetta, porchetta, meats, grilled vegetables, and pasta. There was so much pasta, but I was in love with it, I wanted pasta so badly.

After leaving from lunch, we were heading to a lake to go swim for an hour or two. The bus ride was a bit freaky, you could see a huge drop beside the road. The lake was actually an inactive volcano crater. When we arrived we took about 20 minutes trying to find a non-private beach; In the end we all ended up chipping in 2 euro to be on a private beach with chairs and umbrellas. The water was quite nice and the area we were in wasn't too crowded either. I went swimming for a little bit and watched the chicken fights. I also took a few photos and tanned for 30 minutes, then it was time to leave.

When we got back to Frascati, I took a little nap. When I woke up, I went shopping for a little bit and got some geloto and came back to the hotel to work on my blog.

Streets of Nemi

Strawberry tart from Nemi

The Volcano Crater

At the lake!