White Night

Last night was crazy!!! Wait, let me start with sharing what happened earlier in the day. Yesterday morning my mom and I played golf... or attempted to play golf with a friend of my mom's. After playing 9 holes, we decided against the last 9 holes and moved to the bar instead! From the bar at the golf course we made our way down to a wine tasting that was going on at Carney Park and met up with some more of my mom's friends! We wandered around the wine tasting and enjoyed several types of wine from the surrounding area and some really good mozzarella de buffalo! Since I was the youngest one in the group (by far), I was always responsible for refilling wine glasses. So, with five glasses in hand and after several samples of wine I made my way back to the bar for more. Now, completely on accident (I swear), I kind of cut in front of this poor guy (who, by the way was really cute, young and probably one of the only single guys there). I immediately apologized and then felt like an ass and practically ran away with all five of wine glasses. Needless to say, by the end of the wine tasting I had made a new friend with this guy I cut in line! His name is Dan and he was accompanied by three of his friends (Doug, Brett and Steve). They are pilots over here on deployment with an HC squardron and some how made their way to the wine tasting. After the exchanging of phone numbers, we went our seperate ways only to meet up again in downtown Naples later that night. That is when the real adventure and fun began...

So, last night was an experience I have never had before. "White Night" is an occasion were all the shops, restaurants, clubs and bars stay open ALL night and everyone (and I mean everyone) in Naples makes their way downtown!!! No cars are permitted, so I took the train and wow, talk about feeling like a packed sardine. I had to wait for 3 trains before I got on one... I finally got downtown and met Bart and Brandy (friends from work). We walked around and then settled at a wine bar! Dan called and I tried my hardest to give him directions to where we were and after about an hour and half of elbow throwing through the streets, him and Doug (a.k.a. Sluty) found us! All of us enjoyed some wine at the bar and then took on the crowd again to make our way to a club. The name of the club was Sud Terranea. We ended up staying there for the remainder of the night and drank A LOT, danced a lot and had a great time. Sluty thought it would be a good idea to take shots of tequila... whooo, it was good until he started throwing up... sorry Sluty! In all the evening was a blast. I ended up getting home around 9:30 the following morning... yea, it was a good time!

Oh, the above picture is of Dan(on the left), Myself and Doug(Sluty, on the right) at the bar!!

Sorry to ramble on! I will try to keep these shorter!

Good lunch... Good beer!

After the adventure at the market we all settled down for an awesome lunch and some great beer in downtown Naples! In the above picture, starting with me and going clockwise around the table is, Bill, Gini, my Dad, my Mom, Rick and Denny! I can't believe how good the food is here... mmm, pizza!

Vomero Market

Jumping right into being a Neapolitan... the only thing is I scream American. I caught on rather quickly and after an hour I was talking vendors down left and right... well, kind of!

Hmmm... do I really want this??? It's pink and I never wear pink. Well, I ended up getting it... crazy, I know!

I look Italian right??? For some reason I am thinking, NO! I was the only person wearing flip-flops in all of Italy that day, I swear!! What can I say, I am from FLORIDA!!!!

A date with dad!

I had the honor this evening of being my father's date to a formal function. It is kind of nice to play dress up... we all know I don't do it often! We spent the night together honoring prestigious citizens from the states that were nominated to tour and learn about what the Armed Forces is doing for America. We enjoyed a fabulous dinner and a night of dancing, which was my favorite part!

Good ol' friends

Enjoying a evening swim with Denny, Rick, Bill and Gini. This was obviously after a couple bottles of wine and many glasses of limoncello...

Family Time!

Nothing beats being with family... even if they are crazy Italians! My second night in Naples and they have me drinking wine all night, eating for hours on end and downing glass after glass of limoncello. I would have it no other way!

Whoo.. CELLO!!!!

San Martino

Today I spent the afternoon with my parents. We toured around Naples and visited San Martino, which is a old castle that over looks the city of Naples. From the top towers you could see for miles... we were lucky that we visited on a beautiful day.

My new home...

Here is the amazing view from my new home, Villa Nike. I am fortunate enough to wake up everyday and look out onto the Bay of Naples. From my terrace I can see the Island of Capri, The Amalfi Coast, beautiful Mount Vesuvius, and downtown Naples. There are no complaints from this girl!