After 3 nights in Rome, we were too tired to see anymore churches. We got up early and took the train down to Naples. After an overpriced and harrowing taxi ride through narrow and hilly roads, we arrived at our bed and breakfast in Mergellina-a small neighborhood near the port.
Our arrangements with the bed and breakfast were all made via the internet and by email-all in English. So, we were moderately surprised when the manager of the bed and breakfast spoke only Italian. Somehow, we managed to check in and go exploring.
Since we had been internet and phone-less for several days, our first exploration involved finding an internet cafe. After a few hours walking around, we determined that Mergellina is Internet Cafe-less.
The next day, we somehow managed to take the underground train, change lines twice, and find the main train station--where we then managed to find a train down to Pompeii. Mostly this was Joey's effort, not mine. Pompeii was interesting. But, by the time we got there, we were pretty exhausted, We managed about 2 hours of exploration before we headed back to Naples.
We found a restaurant that had Wi-Fi. I don't remember if we liked the food, or even what we ordered, but Joey was happy to send off emails to Bart and his friends.
The next morning we tried to call a cab to the train station. They wanted 50 euros for a 15 euro ride. Somehow, Joey got the manager of the b&b to get the cab straightened out and we were off to Florence.
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