Program trip to Cilento

Cilento is a Coastal region of Italy South of Rome and home to the Mediterranean diet. I will say this right now- I did not enjoy this trip as much as I thought I would. I feel like we spent more time on the bus than doing anything of value, there were some positives for the weekend though so I'll starter there

POSITIVES

- We visited a buffalo farm where they make cheese and dairy products. It was a very clean and updated facility. As an Animal Science/Pre-Vet Major I do have some background on milk production and was really interested in seeing how it is done here in Italy. This was a very high end place and they even had automatic backstractchers for the cows. They are humanely treated and I always love being close to any type of animal. I tried extremly fresh mozzerella di buffaloa and decided that warm hunks of gooey cheese are not to me, but the gelato was to die for.

- We visited a fishermen as he was coming back to dock with the daily catch. A few people ate raw shrimp and I got to see some interesting fishies- althought i prefer to see them living then dead on a block of ice. We got some free time by the water shortly after and I got to put my feet into the water.
-The kiwi plantation was interesting to me because I have previously visited agricultural sites in other countries on study abroad experiences in the Dominican Republic and Thailand..plus we got to eat yummy kiwi

Not so great times

-We went to a "museum of the sea" which was basically a house with some fish tanks in it and a closed library, I did get to touch a sea cucumber, but still much more impressed with the Shedd.
-We visited some ruins, that were in no way cooler than Pompeii or Rome and had a guide with a picture book and unintelligeable english...not a good time, neither was the boring museum follwoing it, and I love history...this was torture

-We went to an herb garden which was the biggest bunch of bunk I have ever expereinced in my life. Saying that if your stomach is having problems you must use a warm humid herb because the stomach is dry and cold? What stomach is dry and cold? I'm sorry, I don't buy into that herbal stuff....

- LUNCH UNDER AN OVERPASS LIKE A HOMELESS MAN! It rained while we were supposed to have lunch outside, did they have a backup plan or let us eat on the bus? nope, like a bunch of hobos under a bride...

-I did try a lot of food over the weekend and those of you who knows me well understand that I am not a fan of seafood, but I tried Squid, Octopus, and anchioves...which will never be happening again so sorry if you missed that one.

-We went out Saturday NIght and it was nice to be out with everything including Carla and Sonia, even if the local men were toothless and creepy.