Today we took the train south to Pompei to visit the ruins. That was a trip in itself. Had to change trains in Naples but couldn't find even the right set of tracks and then we did end up on the wrong train. With virtually no English we got help from a kind Italian who let us know to get off at the next station and wait for the next train that was behing us.
Spent almost 4 hours at Pompei and easily could spend 4 days. It was fascinating to say the least. Wanted to spend time in Naples at the Archeologic Museum so we headed back to Naples. Another adventure to find where to purchase Metro tickets and then which line, etc ... quite a bit different than Rome. You buy these in the magazine store.. anyway after all that I had failed to read the fine print, the museum is closed on Tuesdays! So we walked around Naples. It is quite a bit rougher than Rome, lots more graffiti and trash, narrower streets with more scooters. But all in all not as bad as everything we had read. We half expected to be robbed on every corner but we had absolutely no trouble. Had great authentic Naples pizza as Naples is where pizza originated. Very simple, thin chewy crust cooked in a wood burning pizza oven. Really yummy!
Tomorrow is a sleep in day and then the National Museum and ? - ahh, I found the ? mark ont this keyboard!
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