Sperlonga

        

How to day-trip 

We picked a random place on the map and "google imaged" it the day before. Sperlonga seemed the most gorgeous out of all the places, but let's be honest everything looks beautiful.. especially through google images. We were in the spring break mind-set looking for a beach, although it was not quite warm enough to lay out in the sun. We looked up the train times and bought tickets using those machines in termini station. Some guys were trying to pickpocket us or something. They were pretending to help us use the machines and waited for us to pull out our wallets. But we knew they were up to no good. They eventually were chased off by the police.

We got up early and hopped on a train at termini station, not knowing exactly where we were going to end up or how to get to Sperlonga from the nearest station. We missed the first bus because we couldn't figure out where to buy tickets. We walked around the deserted countryside waiting an hour for the next bus to come. At first the trip wasn't looking like it would be very successful. However, on the walk we found an interior design store, which might have appeared out of nowhere. It was like the deserted town knew I was coming and needed something to keep my mind off waiting for the bus. It was the most amazing store, better than any Homegoods.

Finally the bus arrived to take us to Sperlonga. The bus stopped right at the beach. It was the most gorgeous place I have ever seen. In the distance we saw all these houses on a hill top. It looked like all those beautiful pictures you see of Greece. We adventured up the hill, first over the rocks that spilled into the water. Finally we made our way up to the houses all clustered at the top of the hill. Everything was beautiful and little and quaint. We made our way through the little allies that were covered in most part by other houses feeding into another. We just spent the day exploring the little town, having no real purpose there. It was one of the best days this semester. It was a beautiful, stress-free day, with no agenda.