Monday, 24 June, 2019
With Venom Camp and truly 80% of my American football duties this season now behind us, it was time to do a little extended traveling to wind up Year Two of coaching our beloved Varese Skorpions.
Thus Bart Iaccarino, Laurie and I got a taxi to take us and all of our luggage to the train station in Varese for our shared journey to Milano Centrale train station.
We made it!
Bart was off to Roma to visit a friend before heading home to Barcelona to reunite with his family.
As for us, we were off to Napoli to enjoy the warm temperatures of the south of Italy now that was officially Summer.
We were going on two separate trains, so we said our goodbyes at the train station and then we were all off to new adventures.
Our train was zipping through Tuscany
The posted 300 km/h equalled 180 miles per hour!
Eventually we arrived in . . .
. . . Vibrant, lively but most of all
chaotic Naples
It was fun to be in the South again.
After settling in in our hole-in-the-wall but well appointed, centrally located B&B, we hit the streets.
Naples has about 990,000 inhabitants who seemingly were all out on the streets tonight.
They were about to unveil
a new statue . . .
. . . with veteran Alpini as part
of the ceremony
Cool door carving
Finally found a store
for BIG men's clothing
The Castel Nuovo or, as locals call it,
the Maschio Angioino
It was built in the 13th-century
The Castle Nuovo, not us.
Above the Castel Nuovo's main entrance
Intricate but showing its age
Darth Helmet, is that you?
Murals are big in Italian castles
What an entry door!
Art abounds . . .
. . . everywhere
One big edifice!
Who doesn't love a good horse statue?
Lemons are BIG South of Roma
Danger, DANGER!
I think we have shopping in there.
Cool lights on the
Palazzo Reale di Capodimonte
The spacious Piazza Plebiscito
This photo was taken from the front of the Palazzo Reale di Capodimonte which was originally built to be the hunting lodge for Charles VII of Bourbon.
On the front of the Palazzo there are eight huge statues of various rulers from hundreds of years of foreign domination of what was once known asa the Kingdom of the Two Sicilys.
Nice sword, not a good
day for chain mail pants
It was still toasty in Napoli!
I liked his crown
Regal
Is he begging subtly?
Hi, I'm your new King
A bit of a dandy,
don't you agree?
He likes tight pants
If you are going to pose with a sword,
you might as well wield it
Just a typical royal fountain
Piazza Plebiscito as seen
from inside the
Palazzo Reale di Capomonte
Guard Station
It looked like a good spot
for a cool beverage . . .
. . . and it was!
We were strong, but I don't know why
We are on vacation after all.
Nice poster
Back to the lively streets
in search of a pizza
Inviting but not a pizzeria
We headed up this promising
side street
Meat Sí, Pizza No
Cool little market in front of our
finally found Piazzetta Sant'Anna
Trattoria - Pizzeria
Laundry Day for the locals
was also . . .
. . . PIZZA NIGHT for us!
It was SO good!
Napoli is the birthplace of pizza you know.
All pig parts only 4.99 Euros/KG
Back to the Napoli Galleria
All the shops were closed.
Damn.
The Castel Nuovo at night
A gorgeous fountain to end
our wonderful day in Napoli!
We leave Napoli tomorrow morning via hydrofoil to the island of Ischia for three days of doing absolutely nothing.
We'll do it well I believe!
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