We took an early morning train out and dropped our bags off at the hotel. Mike’s breakfast was Mcnuggets, fries and a Coke. Super healthy and delicious. Then we jumped on the train to Pompeii. The city was amazing. The immensity of the city and beauty of Mt. Vestivus in the background was nothing short of awesome. I remember two things from Pompeii: the literal street of houses that still contained some paintings on the walls and the perfectly petrified bodies of people and dogs. Not to sound sick or anything but that is cool.
We got back to Naples and grabbed some Napoleon pizza. It was definitely what we needed after a full day of walking around in Italy’s hottest city. We walked to the bay and saw some beautiful castles before deciding to call it an early night. As it got darker we felt like it could get a little more unsafe. However, I am thankful that we saw this city. It showed us how most of Italy really lives. Rome is a sort of tourist attracting bubble that speaks English and does its best to cater to foreigners. In Naples, we were able to stand back and observe how a less tourist-y city behaves.
So we ended the night with snacks and Breezers from the market while watching “Dark Knight” on my computer.
The next morning, we went to the Archeological Museum. Hands down, this was my favorite museum in Italy. It contains all of the artifacts from Pompeii and, like Naples itself, showed us how (ancient) Italians really lived.
The coolest exhibit in the museum, though, is a traveling Michelangelo exhibit. It had sketches, diaries, letters and other Michelangelo artifacts. Hands down, the most incredible thing they had was a table with a copy of the Sistine Chapel painted on it.
Before our train ride back, we got McDonalds, again. I guess we fit the stupid American stereotype, but that’s ok.
"I'm living in fast forward../ Now I need to rewind real slow" --Kenny Chesney
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