2-20 arrivederci Napoli

Our last day in Italy is coming to an end.  This was our only full day in Naples and to be honest, we could stay another day.  There is soooo much to see here.  Being so limited in time we chose to take a guided tour to Pompeii.  Great decisiion. 

Our driver picked us up from our B&B at 8:30, then drove us through the streets of Napoli during rush hour.  That alone was a thrill!  Anything you have ever seen in movies or on TV is true!!  I don't know how they do it, but in the time we were here the only accident we saw was on the autostratta (freeway).  So, we met our tour guide at the Duomo of Naples.  The cathedral has at least 5 main alters and to the left is a baptistery build in 365.  I can't begin to provide the history of this church or city.  Visiting these places makes me realize how much I don't know.  Why didn't I listen to some of those history instructors?

After the church tour we drove up to Posillip Hill, the same hillside our hosts took us to yesterday.  The view was just as beautiful today as it was yesterday.  Then back down the hill to drive past the royal palace and on to the Oriente Hotel where we picked up two guys from Canada who were heading out to Pompeii with us.

Fortunately the rain stopped before we reached Pompeii which is 30 minutes southeast of Naples.  The guided tour took us to the theater, forum, market place, house of faun, and of course the brothels.  Most of the original treasures (statutes, mosaics, pottery) have been removed from Pompeii and displayed in the Museum of History in Naples. Unfortunately we don't have the time to visit, but I wish we did.  We spent about 2 hours at the site and barely touched the place.  One could spend all day wandering through the streets of this ancient city.

We made it back to the B&B by 2ish and headed out for one final pizza.  To eat authentic Napoli pizza we would have to go down into Naples (we're in Vomero, a district on the hill above Naples) and we just weren't up for it (sorry Anna).  So we walked to a neighborhood pizzarria and ordered our pizza and vegetarian pasta.  It all was still great!  To settle our growing stomaches we walked around the neighborhood and found a little caffe for one final cappicino.  The owners were so nice.  When they found out we were from "Amerika" the husband did his best to speak english to us.  Again between broken English, Spanish & alot of sign language we had a great conversation.  After posing for pictures, we said good bye and walked back to the B&B.  Tomorrow morning will come very early 03:00.  Time for a little R&R. 

Caio. Caio.