Two Seas I See!

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Bari and Sorrento, Italy

 

When planning the grand Europen adventure, we initially struggled coming up with the best way to get from Croatia back to Barcelona for our return flights. We debated changing flights, looked at flying north and then making our way back south by train, but ultimately decided to end the trip with a bit of time on the Mediterranean coast of Italy to see Pompei and the Cinque Terre, and then taking a cheap flight from Milan to Barcelona. The start of this final leg of the trip was an overnight ferry from Dubrovnik, leaving us in Bari - on the Adriatic side - around 8am. Our train to the other coast didn't leave until 1pm, so we ended up seeing Bari for a bit. Not much to say about Bari, except that it is a port city and there is a church that has something to do with Saint Nicholas. We were also tired and sort of smelly, and though that fact has nothing to do with Bari, it definitely impacted my opinion of it.

The depressing ferry breakfast.

Sidewalk chalk Saint Nick.

Statue of Saint Nick. No lap to sit on though.

After Bari, the next phase of the journey was a few train connections to Naples and then a smaller subway-type train to Sorrento. We didn't do enough research though, so finding out we would be on the standing-room-only train for over an hour was not a good surprise. We finally ended up in Sorrento around 8pm, making the entire trip a full 24 hours. Definitely the longest - and most trying - day so far. But we mustered the energy to go out for a quick pizza, then collapsed into bed.

 

Broccoli, sausage, and mozzarella.

This was taken before the ferry, but is also accurate of how I looked at the end of the long day. This is also what happens when I get off balance with my giant backpack.

I will say this has been the most challenging day of the trip so far - which I attribute to many modes of transportation with heavy luggage, hot temps, and overall tiredness. Erin wisely commented though that it would be hard to find a person anywhere who felt sorry for us - even with a long day here and there, the fact that I have been able to go on this amazing ten week adventure is something to be grateful for!

 

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