The Last Travel Day: Naples to Venice

The morning began in a hurry as we all attempted to get all of our belongings together in order to move on to the next location. We began our nine-hour drive back to Venice early in the morning. Everyone was asleep within twenty minutes. We made our first stop at a rest station after two hours of driving. Assorted goods ranging from chocolate to muffins were purchased and the restroom breaks were made. We all returned to the bus and continued on to our next stop, Deruta. We went to a restaurant for lunch called Taverna del Gusto. Sarah Parry’s mother had called ahead of time and made reservations for us. The restaurant was amazing! A special THANK YOU! To Mrs. Parry for paying for our lunch as well as setting it up. Also a HAPPY BIRTHDAY! To Sarah Parry whose birthday we were celebrating. After lunch we returned back to our vehicles to drive on four a couple more hours. We stopped at another rest station before finishing our journey to the Venice airport. Once we arrived Mr. Mumford and Mrs. Miller went to retrieve our vans that we would be using for the next week in Buja. They returned with vans as well as Mrs. Stewart. We loaded the vans up with all of our luggage and then set off for the Stewart’s villa in Buja. It took much longer than anticipated for there was a construction blocking the path that we were intending on using. We decided that it was time to eat dinner and at 11:45 we finally stopped at Al Fungo for pizza. WE stayed there until almost one, and then finally made our way to the villa. It was amazing! We much time and much struggling attempting to put the covers and mattresses on the bunk beds. After everyone was finally settled down we were finally able to sleep around two in the morning.