Naples

May 7

After Puglia, we took a FlixBus from Bari to Naples. I’ve always heard that Naples is a wild place, and our introduction to the city immediately bore this out. We chose an Airbnb fairly close to the main train station, Garibaldi, as we were coming into that station with the bus. It’s the main transportation hub, and our plans included a day trip to Pompeii and one to Herculaneum (Ercolano) which are both easily accessible by a local train.

The streets of the inner old city are alive with people and plenty of fast moving (for tight spaces) scooters. One really needs to have one’s wits about them when walking and galking. You could easily be hit by a crazy scooter driver!

Leaving Puglia, view of olive groves from the bus window.

Another view from the bus. The smooth, rolling hills appealed to me.

First Glimpses of Napoli

First of many narrow streets in the old town

This barrio is a tribute to Maradona.

More glorification of their favorite footballer.

A bar we stopped for a beer and people watching.

Complimentary snacks served with every drink.

We shared a meat dish and a selection of vegetables.

Restaurant near our apartment, recommended by our host.

Lovely half bottles: one red, one white!

A school field trip outside the metro station.

Queued up to go down to trains in the station.

In the metro station

A really good, very long mosaic in the station.

Depicting figures throughout history.

Chart explaining all the figures.

A Day of Wandering the City

You definitely know you're in the Quartiere Spagnoli—the Spanish Quarter

All kinds of products, including fresh produce are available on these streets.

Naples is the birthplace of Sophia Loren, so you see many homages to her!

A lot of cool street art here too.

So many tributes all around this quarter.

More Maradona shrines.

Taken while I was sitting down. Bob looks like a model!

We rode up a funiculare to a higher level of the city.

There's a fortress up there.

View from the top.

Walking back down.

Never seen the brand of machines with Bob's name!

Other Notable Sights

Entering a beautiful building

Gorgeous shopping "galleria"

The mosaic floors, as well as the soaring architecture— stunning!

Medallions depict each of the signs of the zodiac.

Bob is Sagittarius.

I'm Gemini.

I love it when the makers sign their work!

These mosaics are fabricated in reverse, and sometimes letters are accidentally set backwards!

It looks like an outside street, but it's all under cover.

A large civic building, looking like a palace.

A big technology conference was going on there.

Lining the exterior were many alcoves with historic figures.

A cool castle with an art gallery inside – it was too late for us to go inside!

Always construction, renovations!

Only October, and Christmas decorations were up!

In the old city, the Duomo di Santa Maria Assuna

Lovely inside, we checked it out a bit.

Capping off our day, a true Napoli pizza at Pizzeria Imperatore 1906

Lynn Adamo

Naples

First Glimpses of Napoli

A Day of Wandering the City

Other Notable Sights

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