We had planned to go to the coast on Sunday, but the receptionist advised us that it was going to be rainy, and we should consider going to Pompei on Sunday and the coast Monday, so we did. Pompei was interesting, and much bigger than I expected. It was, by far, the most intact ruins I have ever seen. Some almost-entire buildings were still standing, including frescoes and wall ornamentation.
There were a few bodies, like my new bff here:
And here is a view of Mt. Vesuvius
After seeing the ruins, Kim and I once again hunted around for a sandwish shop or somewhere else with cheap food, but we couldn't find one so we stepped into a smallish restaurant with a list of cheap pizzas posted on the counter, which usually means its a SMALL, CHEAP PIZZA PLACE. Turns out it was a trap. We were led through to a larger, significantly fancier restaurant, with a much more expensive menu! We didn't want to leave, so we ordered a pasta dish....to share. And no drinks. The waiters let us stay and brought us our food, but they DIDN'T LOOK AT US the ENTIRE TIME we were there. They just totally ignored us, and instead stood around talking. When we finished they took away our plates, but didn't even bring us the bill, we waited like 20 minutes before asking for it.
We were forced to comfort ourselves with gelato, then returned to Cava. Our hostel had no wifi, but the city had free wifi downtown. We took our netbooks to the main street, but since it was raining the only reasonable thing to do was sit in an alley and talk to Drex on Skype.
"When we finished they took away our plates, but didn't even bring us the bill, we waited like 20 minutes before asking for it."
ReplyDeleteThis is really common in europe. Americans like to be done with a meal and move out, europeans tend to go out when they want to hang out - so it's considered rude to bring the bill right away. It'll annoy you plenty before you leave, don't worry :D.
It never happened anywhere else!
ReplyDelete