Our first impressions of Naples as a city had not been good, and did not improve with daylight. It is a rather dark and dirty place, with narrow little streets and tall apartment blocks which combine to allow little light to reach street level. There are (Catholic) churches on just about every street, beautifully decorated inside, and we were greatly amused at their attempts at modernisation - electric 'candles' at the shrines! Food is cheap here however: breakfast pastries for €.80, pizzas and good wine from only €3. And, staying at Giovanni's was wonderful - he's a very generous and kind man (he insisted we come back for lunch so we could sample his bolognase), and it was a nice atmosphere. Highly recommended.
Our wanderings through the city on Sunday took us down to the coast for our first views of the Mediterranean - very cool.
2 comments:
At least the food is good...
Oh, shoosh. If the girls canna eat, what will they get up to?
My clients asked where you were the other day, and when I said Rome, one swooned a little and went, "Oohhh, Rome in the springtime..." as if she might have wepped.
The mind boggles...
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