In Pompeii we got the voice guide and were determined to learn about the famous city. Unfortunately the guide was terrible. It was almost impossible to find the numbers on the ruins with the map that we were given. When we succeeded matching the guide was pretty boring.
Most of Pompeii looked, well, ruined. It seems that unless you are a serious archeologist the whole thing looked like bunch of stones. To be fair, a few place looked interesting. For example, the house of Faun.
The funniest thing about Pompeii was that all tours and people converged in one place. The ancient whore house. The walls there were featuring sexual adventures of Pompoiiean man and were causing a healthy amount of interest in modern tourists. Having gone though this house in 15 seconds we were ready to leave.
We came back to Naples the home of Pizza! Except we were impatient and had one in a touristy place. Needless to say it was below our expectations. Naples proved to be quite different in different place. In the beginning we were disappointed wondering around its less pleasant neighborhoods. But things picked up after we headed up via Toledo.
The central Naples is interesting with its narrow streets and open people. People are really open. A lot of doors are open too. Inside you see people eating, watching TV, talking. It must be a cultural thing to keep the doors and windows open when staying home.
We headed through the labyrinth of streets towards the local Duomo. On the way we hit lots of small streets crowded with all sorts of local pottery and souvenirs. We stopped by a few churches, had coffee break in one of the local cafes and finally reached the Duomo. Despite the rain and the long wait at the cafe we thought the trip was worth it. Especially because of the Duomo, which was pretty impressive.
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