Firenze to Napoli

This morning walked to the busy Florence train station for the 3 hour ride south to Naples. We met our host Elena at this very eclectic rooftop apartment that has a really cool garden patio (see video). Hope it won’t rain tomorrow. She showed her handmade map with pinned locales to explore while we’re here, and emphasized the virtues of Herculaneum over Pompeii (she is a geologist) so we’ll need to check that out.

Right now a lonely trumpet is playing the girl from Ipanema in the distance thru the sounds of pattering drizzle and chirping afternoon birds.

We ate a fried pizza which is like the primordial hot pocket and explored a bit of the chaotic and vibrant streets; Naples seems like the decor this apartment: cluttered, beautiful, not taking itself too seriously.Read more