Last Saturday, Jamie and I took a solo adventure thanks to our new-found babysitter. We were a little hesitant to take Riann and Lincoln down to Napoli via train because it was all new to us and we just didn't know what to expect. Good thing for the sitter because as soon as we got to the train station we ran into our first hiccup: the ATM-like ticket booths were having technical difficulties so we had to stand in a really long line to talk to a human. We missed two trains heading to Napoli but we finally made it. Wow! The train station, Napoli Centrale is HUGE!
Jamie, aka "Human Mapquest" got us to the spots we wanted to see and headed to Spaccanapoli. Our first stop: The Duomo.
Beautiful!!
And apparently, we did not get the invitation for the wedding we ended up attending.
We got ourselves to Spaccanapoli, an area I had heard a lot about before we even knew we were coming to Italy.
Whether it was watching Samantha Brown or reading "1000 Places to See Before You Die", Spaccanapoli was just a place that seemed perfectly "Italian" to me. You see women lowering buckets down on ropes to vendors from their windows and laundry hung out on lines; you walk down the narrow, cobblestone street lined with all kinds of vendors, little shops, restaurants, etc. But one place I really wanted to go was Scaturchio, one Naples oldest and best cake shops... it was closed. We still enjoyed some good food including a pizza-to-go for 1 euro (so delicious!!) and a cannoli.
900-something more places to see...
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