I was afraid it might not be but Naples IS beautiful. We found our way to the seaside via foot, metro and bus, and found several major piazzas (city squares) along the way. We experienced wonderful parts of the city. I learned I could live here if I were very rich and could live on the hillside overlooking the Bay of Naples. Yes, it's a little dusty and there is a lot of litter, but not as much as we saw in Central Naples yesterday. The people in the inner city ...

O Sole Mio! We got up at 3 am this morning to get to the airport in order to catch a 6 am flight to Napoli. What an ordeal. I will begin by saying, European train travel is much more civilized than flying European cheap airlines. My carry-on was too big so it cost ...... get this, 60 euros to check it at the gate. So much for cheap airfare, but at least we learned how to pack better to get around this, and that will never happen again. Otherwise we made it fine ...