30th July: Pompei-Napoli

The last part of the trip is coming. The 30th July was Ayman’s birthday, actually it was exactly at 11 am, right Ayman? So we had a big breakfast in our terrace and later we went to our dearest Central Station in order to travel to Pompeii. From the train we enjoyed the views of the sea on the one side and of the Volcano in the other.

pompei I

pompei II

Pompeii was a Roman city that disappeared under the eruption of the Volcano Vesuvius. Through the ruins that were discovered and restored you can imagine how life at Roman Empire was. It is a must see, and I guess that also one of the most visited places in Italy. We spent several hours among the ruins until we got exhausted and starving.

Back in Naples we had the main parts of the city to discover.
We took the subway (without paying… all machines were broken!!) to Amedeo, where we were very close to the sea and there are beautiful places to stroll. The walk leaded us to the Castel dell’Ovo and then to Piazza Plebiscito. All the interesting places and the “good “ city centre are there. It was a pity that it was late at night when we discovered all these nice places, and I do not have any photos.

31st July: Napoli… Como

And we came to the last day! As our plane was in the evening we could continue discovering more parts of Naples, such as the Mergellina Port and the Spanish Quartier, which is the most unsafe, impoverished but “colourful”. Ah! And it is so so cheap, commodities at prices that you can never imagine!

We arrived to Como at midnight having spent seven busy but amazing days.

porto
Porto Mergellina

Spanish quartier
Spanish quartier