Day 5: February 13th

Day 5:
We started the fifth day of our trip with a 7:30 wake up call. After getting ready and eating breakfast, we
traveled to the Phlegraean Fields, Cumae, Baiae, and Pozzuoli. The way there was uneventful, most just hoping that the incident of yesterday (the incident being Micheal throwing up - for any who didn’t read
yesterday's post) didn’t repeat itself. Fortunately for everyone it did not.

Our first stop of the day was Cumae. At the beginning of the tour of the ruins we went into the cave that
was one of two possible locations that Aenaes supposedly spoke to the Oracle. The ruins we walked
around were beautiful, and the view from the balcony from where we were looked out onto the ocean.
We stayed on the balcony for a while, some took naps, we all looked at the view, some had a conversation
about our sun, moon, and rising signs, and we all took pictures, it was during this process that I was
adopted by my new father, sorry dad, Elsa.

nap time!

family photo

besties

view from the balcony

The second stop on our journey through the Phlegraean Fields was Baiae. We were all very excited to find out that Baiae was where we first met Cornelia and the rest of the Cornelius family in the first

chapter in Ecce Romani 1. The house we went through was so big and it had the most amazing view of
the sea. At the end of our walk we ended up in a field of grass that used to be a training area and we all spelled out “Ave!” in the grass (this means Hail!) and then some of us participated in a few different races.
One of them was a regular race, it was in this race that Joah started before I said go, but even though he cheated, he still lost to Micheal. After the races Ms. Green took us to a cool chamber that echoed any sound made.

field we raced in

echoey cave

 

Our third and final destination of the day was Pozzuoli. First, we had lunch. We walked along this side
street and got food from a shop in a square, it was really good. Then we all got gelato, before spending some time at a beach overlooking the water. Our last stop of the day was an amphitheater in Pozzuoli.
After Elena told us a little about the history of the amphitheater, and its connection to multiple emperor of Rome, we were allowed to walk around by ourselves. This was a mistake… and Micheal had another incident. No, he didn’t throw up again. This time he was joined by Joah and they only ‘accidentally’
trespassed and ended up on the wooden seats that overlook the middle of the amphitheater. Luckily for them, Elena was there to defend their honor and no charges were pressed.

After a bus ride home during which everyone fell asleep, we had dinner. Tonight was the first night we
were able to have special gnocchi that was made in Sorrento which was super delicious. After we ate
dinner we celebrated Katerin’s birthday (yay!) and ate cake (double yay!).

After we got back to the hotel, we continued the nightly tradition of BS. Joah still lost, but this time Ms. Green joined us. I am also obligated to inform you that Micheal was about to win (an dby win I mean get like 7th place), but Nicki caught him in his lie and called BS so he got last instead. It was a great end to a great day.