I am simply in Italian bliss. Yesterday we fly from Athens to Roma and then took a shuttle from the airport to Roma Termini, which is the large train station. Eurail passes in hand, we were only lost for about a half hour before we found the correct ticket terminal. Once on the train, two old friendly italian men helped me in my struggle to hoist my bag onto the overhead racks. While heaving this heavy monster of a rolling duffle up and down european stairs has certainly increased my arm strength, this was a two person job.
A mere two hours later we arrived in Napoli (we called it Naples). I expected hustle and bustle from its reputation, but I was still shocked! Arriving saturday night, I had never seen more people taking up the sidewalks, the streets, etc. Our hostel, Hostel of the Sun was easy to get to via bus from the train, and the people here running it could not be friendlier.
Obviously, us two carb lovers sought out pizza (going on about 10 hours without eating) we traveled through Naples for what should have been a 20 minute walk. Took us atleast an hour after the many unplanned and unintended detours. However, upon arriving at di matteo and ordering both our own pizza and what we thought was going to be french fries (it wasnt), I got to taste the best pizza of my life. The kid at a table next to ours was eating pizza with french fries on top. It was a sight for sore eyes. After dinner, more wandering, and a (German?) beer we wound down at our hostel.
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