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Published: December 31st 2021
We FaceTimed with Maggie this morning, and it was so good to see her! She called from the hostel where she and her friends are staying - a cute little apartment-like place a few blocks from the coast. She can see rooftop gardens, the sea and in the distance a mountain from the communal balcony.
Maggie is traveling with 3 other Semester at Sea (SAS) passengers - Bella from Pittsburgh, Salma from Connecticut and they met Meadow from Maine at the hostel. The four have decided to tour around Naples (and Venice on 1/3) together before they board the ship next week.
Last night they went out on the town with some other hostel residents, and this afternoon plan to eat a proper first meal at a Naples cafe (pizza, anyone?) as well as do some shopping at the quaint shops. They walked up and down the Naples coast earlier today - see photos. The weather is sunny and a warm 65 degrees. And Maggie is having a wonderful time.
They've been warned that anyone walking around town tonight (New Year's Eve) between 11pm - 1am may get firecrackers thrown at them from the balconies above, so they
don't plan to be out too late. We'll see. Wherever they are at midnight in Italy, they'll be ringing in a new year with new friends and a lot of excitement about the journey they are just beginning!
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Shirley Beck
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This is so exciting!
I’m so glad Maggie's adventure has begun! We did not get as far south as Naples, but Italy is so wonderful! I’m glad she has made friends to tour with.