Arrived in Naples by train in the early afternoon. Tamara & Bob had to leave the hotel at 7am and we switched to daylight savings time last night so having already lost an hour sleep, we decided to catch our own cab to the Termini at our leisure. We had our last breakfast glancing at the Pantheon and took the 29eur first class train to Napoli.. Tamara had warned us about the cheaper, slower and very cramped 11euro train so we figured this was worth it. As soon as we checked in to our hotel, located conveniently right across the street from Napoli Centrale train station, we headed up to find Da Michelle. Supposedly the best pizza in Italy according to the book and attested to by Tam. Well Napoli was shocking. Either it is garbage day tomorrow or the trash collectors are on strike. Every street is littered and there are huge piles of trash we had to maneuver around. The stores and restaurants are all closed because it is Sunday. There are many, many street sellers but most of the stuff they are selling looks like they dug it out of the trash. Nothing new, nothing you would even want to touch. There are small glimpses of the ancient Roman architecture but it is evident that the Napolese people do not respect property. Everything was probably trashed over 1000 years ago. All the current buildings are in need of repair and maintenance. There is laundry hanging from every balcony.
We eventually found Da Michelle and it was, of course closed. We had a map with some hilights of Napoli on it but the streets are so disgusting that even when we came across something of interest, we couldn't wait to get out of the area. We finally landed on a busier street and found a little cafe and had a pizza. Rick wanted a panini off the menu but because it is sunday, they only serve pizza. It was actually pretty good and cost 3.50 euro each.
On our way back to the Starhotel, we found a little market so stocked up on water for the next couple of nights. We both fell asleep around 6:00pm. I have completely lost my voice, super nice for Rick, must have been too much sister chat.
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