Day 27

Up bright and early for our train ride from Roma to Napoli. The weather was spectacular and the scenery down the coast was beautiful with brilliant red poppies growing along the tracks for miles. As we neared Napoli, the terrain seemed to turn more arid and tropical looking.





As we didn't have very much time to spend in the city, we decided to take a "hop on, hop off" bus tour. We got a pretty good overview of the area including the gorgeous coastline and breathtaking vistas.


Napoli is a rough and tumble town; quite different than Roma but with its own charm. The people call themselves Neapolitans and appear to be much more aloof towards tourists than what we had become accustomed to in other parts of Italy.


One of the young ladies on our bus told us of a place to go for pizza because, as it is known, pizza originated in Naples. She said this was one of the oldest pizzerias in the city. We discovered that this was the very place where Julia Roberts had her pizza in Eat, Pray, Love. They serve only 2 different types of pizza, 1 type of beer, regular Coke and water but the place was full the whole time we were there.






We caught the 8:33 PM train back to Rome along with a pretty good sunburn. The trip took about 2.5 hours each way.


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Location:Napoli, Italy