Tuesday, March 29, 2005

Volcanic Views

Tuesday morning and we're taking the 6:45am coach to Napoli airport where we'll be just in time to catch our flight to Berlin. As we left Sorrento I started to recall highlights from our whirlwind tour of Italy - the view of Pisa from the leaning tower, magnificent David in Florence, St. Mark's Square in Venice, ancient ruins in Rome, the nastiness of Naples and the beauty of Sorrento all still vivid in my mind. I feel very satisfied and content with what we've achieved in such a small amount of time and I'm ready for a new country to explore.

After an unintentional late night and an early wake up, all I want to do is sleep on the coach as we drive towards the airport. Instead, I can't help but look out of the window at my last views of Italy. It was such a clear morning and I could see for miles including the volcano, looking gracious with it's ever so gentle slopes, and the crystal clear sea where it meets the dramatic cliff edges and sprawls of small white and cream buildings dotted around the hills. Already I'm starting to think about Germany and what my expectations are. The change of vocabulary will be very much appreciated as my bad Italian wasn't going down to well with the locals or even Ali for that matter.

I think I'm substituting graphic design for writing and photography.

Excited about Germany...