A wasted day?

I slept until 12:30ish. Then I relaxed in bed for a while... I finally got out of bed at 1ish. It was a warm, sunny day. I sat out on the balcony with my instant coffee, as there was no way I could figure out the espresso machine in the room.

I decided to try to get my eSim card activated. Little did I know it would take the rest of the day... I contacted Airalo. They are in Singapore and are very nice and very slow. Then I contacted AT&T. They are not as nice and still slow. I don't want to relive my afternoon, but it sucked. So frustrating! AT&T was the big loser, but lesson learned. (Not sure what the lesson was...) After hours of text chats and frustration, I decided to forget it and get out of the room.

It was already cooling down when I left. I was looking for a phone store to help. Unfortunately, it is All Saints Day here, which is a major holiday, and everything is closed. As I was walking, I spotted a gelateria. That was a sign--a sign that I hadn't had any gelato yet! I ordered my traditional first order, pistachio and hazelnut, then asked if they had wifi. I connected to the internet and tried again to resolve my phone problems. I read something about needing to remove the sim card and remembered that one of the AT&T people told me to do that. Using a safety pin, I got it out. And voilà! I had service!

By this time, it was starting to cool off--I was dressed for the warm, sunny weather I completely missed. So I walked back to the hotel and changed. It was too early for dinner, and I wasn't really hungry anyway. After the pizza last night, I probably could have skipped eating the rest of the day!

I went back to the place I was last night, hoping to see Elena, as she told me she was staying close by. She wasn't there, but the place was crowded. It was a Friday and a holiday. Before 8pm, there is a law that drinks can only be served with hot food. So I got a nice little plate of nibbles with every drink. There were croquettes, some sort of potato fritter that tasted like a McDonald's hashbrown, olives, mozzarella, and mini calzone. After 3 drinks, and their accompanying food, I really wasn't hungry. Since my train is at 9ish tomorrow, I decided to call it a night.

Wasted day? Well, I didn't see much of Caserta, but I did get gelato!Läs mer