Sperlonga

On our first Saturday in Rome, my apartment mates & I decided to take our first trip outside of Rome! We chose Sperlonga, a small town an hour away from Rome by train. Sperlonga has been awarded the Blue Flag Award for having clean, clear waters, and the homes in the town are all built on small hills making it look kind of like Greece. 

Since it was a scorching hot day, the water was the perfect temperature. It was interesting though...unlike in California, there were tons of rocks right by the shore, so we had to get past the rocks to actually swim. I didn't want to step on the gross mossy rocks so I tried to swim over them, but it was too shallow and I ended up scraping up my knees :-(. But even when we got past the rocks, the water was still too shallow that we were able to walk on our tiptoes. It looked like people were walking on water because we were so far out from shore yet still walking around LOL. It was cray. I don't think I've ever been that far out in the sea before. Nope definitely not. It was cool though. At one point I also tried to tan my body but after what felt like a gruesome hour (probably more like 20 minutes), I saw that my efforts were to no avail, so I gave up and started talking to these adorable English/Italian children. The youngest boy was the cutest (forgot his name already though). I LOVE BABIES WITH ACCENTS. Then, we had pasta at this amazing restaurant (forgot the name too, I fail at life). I didn't know this at the time, but apparently Sperlonga is known for its pasta! I ain't even surprised though, because my spaghetti alla carbonara was d-e-l-i-c-i-o-u-s. For the remainder of the day, we walked around the quaint streets of Sperlonga while enjoying the breathtaking view. There were mostly only locals around, which was also nice since Rome is so touristy (lol @ the fact that I'm a tourist too).

Sperlonga felt like a dream! I shall definitely come back for you someday Sperlonga <3.

xoxo