Europe Trip: Day 32, June 21st

I am not sure if I had heard wrong, but I had thought that Raphael had said to meet him at 12:30pm...but since he showed up a little bit after 1:30pm, I am assuming he said (or thought he said) 1:30pm. Hard to tell with Italians, since they are frequently late...an hour is a bit much even for them haha.

He drove me over to his place, where he cooked some pasta for lunch. Then we had a nap during the hot part of the day and left his place, along with Agnese, at 5pm.

We met the same friends at a park on the top of a hill on the tip of a peninsula (more or less) in the Bay of Naples. So it had some great views, and Raphael played his guitar. The park closed at 8pm, so we had to head out. Diego drove back with us, as we braved the Neapolitan traffic to get out to Portici.

By 9pm I made it back to the hostel, with instructions from Raphael to meet him in front of the church at 11:30pm. He said he wanted to show me the Port of Portici, but promised we wouldn't stay out as late.

On the way back to the hostel I had called Francesca, who told me that she wasn't going to work with Lubna at the referendum/voting thing, so I decided that I would come back to Rome Monday evening. Francesca said she would be home by 9pm, so I'll shoot for getting there around then.

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I called first Emily and then Aunt Gail, while outside my hostel window it rained hard with flashing of lightning. I was beginning to wonder if I should even bother to go out and try to meet Raphael, since what is the point of going to the Port if it is raining. Also I had lost my rain jacket some weeks back. Luckily the storm died down by the time I had to leave.

We ate a pizza and then Raphael showed me the Port of Portici, which wasn't spectacular but was nice to see.

Then he drove me back and I went to sleep, planning to get up relatively early to go to Pompeii.