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For my side trip from Rome, I decided to go to Naples or Napoli as its called by Italians. Ill admit the main reason why I went to Napoli was because it was the birthplace of Pizza and if you wanted pizza, you had to get it in Napoli. I booked myself a cheap train ticket on Trenitalia and slept the entire 3 hour journey to Napoli.
My trip to Napoli didn’t start off so well…. When I got off the train and attempted to get on the subway I was informed there was a Scobero or Strike by the transit workers until 6:30pm and it was 2:30pm. It was unlucky but I decided to see what I could do around the train station. When I got out of the train station the first thing you notice is that there is garbage everywhere. I heard that the Landfills got full in Napoli and it had nowhere to go, so I guess people will just dump their garbage wherever. Also there were many Nigerians selling counterfeit everything. Counterfeit Gucchi, Louis Vuitton bags, counterfeit sunglasses, watches, hats every ten feet. There was this stretch of garbage strewn sidewalk but it turned out
to be people selling garbage! I think these people either collect things people leave behind at the train station and sell it or they steal it ( I noticed a few shady people around the train station). After I got sick of smelling garbage I went back to the train station wait out the duration of the strike.
I met some lesbians who were also waiting out the strike but we didn’t feel like waiting any longer so we took the bus. We got to the hostel about 2.5 hours by bus, had we waited and taken the subway we would have been there much sooner. Getting to the hostel , I have to say it was the Nicest Hostel I have been to and ironically right after the worst. Its called La Controrra Flashpackers and recommend it to anybody who visits Napoli. Well the time was finally here, time to try Pizza. I was holding out my first few days and wanted to eat Pizza for the first time in Napoli. I searched around for a Pizza joint and found one pretty close by. After taking my first bite into the pizza I know that I cant enjoy Canadian
pizza the same way ever again. I went on the try many pizza as you will see from the pictures including De Matteo which the locals say is the best pizza in Naples. I have to agree, it was the tastiest and cheapest (only 1 euro!). I made two pretty uneventful side trips to Pompeii and Positano. Positano was really nice, and I just needed to chill for a day at the beach.
I came back to Rome for a day before I leave for Nepal. I met a Aussie girl who had lost her luggage on a Lufthansa flight. Luckily for her it would come a day later! I got to try some spaghetti and meatballs with her and again Canadian spaghetti and meatballs is now ruined for me..
That’s it for now , See ya in Nepal!
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