We had already planned to go to Pompei the 29th. Since Mara had a an early flight the on the 30th it made sense that she would leave from Pompei and stay the night in Napoli. The only problem is what would she do with her luggage while we visited Pompei. The easiest solution was for us to go to Napoli, drop off Mara's bag and go to the Archeology museum to prepare for our Pompei visit. So we got into Napoli with Mara's big bag and went straight to the hotel. While waiting for the train we passed the time chatting with a man from Arizona. His name was Eddie and was traveling with another gal, Denise, who rode the train in the seat next to Leslie. We took the train from Salerno to the Garibaldi station and the metro to the Toledo station. The first time navigating to a new place, the distance always seems to be farther than it really is. As we trudged along on the cobble stones we started to wonder about the blue dots directions provided by Google. The doubts grew as we had reached our destination and there was no sign of any Bed and Breakfast. We eventually found a small sign, perhaps 10 inches by 8 inches with the name of the BnB. Huzzah! We went inside and there was a tiny elevator up one flight of stairs. We headed up but only two of us could fit inside. We pressed the buttons but nothing happened. It turned out that we needed to put a 0.10 Euro into the box that housed the buttons. How much money could they possible collect over the course of a day, a dime at a time? Oh well, we found the door, were greeted and they took Mara's bag to hold for the day. We were overdue to some lunch and we tired three different pizza places before we settled on one.
We rode in the top section
The landscape flew by quickly
Castles and mountains
Arrival in Napoli
A very big station
Down to the Metro
The worst floor ever for rolling luggage
Further down
Gritty walls
Waiting for the Metro
We are riding!
Back up we go
Higher and higher
A market in the square
Churches everywhere
Wide streets with lots of folks
A fox terrier!
Huge gates open up into the central courtyards of these large buildings
In the old town the streets are cobbles and stones
Bollards keep the scooters and occasional car from running over the pedestrians
The only indication that the Bed and Breakfast is here
One dine per elevator ride
The logo
A nice graffiti
The streets are crowded
Attempted pizza place #2
These large doors are open
The huge doors have a much smaller door within this door that is used by the inhabitants
We finally found a pizza place with an open table, the ratty old menus should have been a warning
The Margarita pizza with prosciutto
My pizza was folded in half with ricotta and sausage inside
The interior
Our waiter chain smoked right next to the patrons
A very large knocker
Anyone home?
A delight down the alleyway
Another roadside shrine
Nice two tone buildings
Piazza Dante is quite large
A delightful trumpet player
This is the facade for a state sponsored boarding school
Pretty fancy digs
Yo, indeed!
A grand door 20 feet tall
The closer we get to the museum the nicer the buildings get
A fine yellow color
