Italians and their cheese.

We Traveled for about 26 hours to get from Greece to Naples. It was quite the travel, but luckily not bad at all. Upon arrival in Naples, the first thing we noticed was how dirty it was. Naples (especially by the train station and surroundings) is absolutely disgusting. I'm talking dirt, garbage, and street vendors everywhere, it is smelly, and a bit scary after dusk. The shopping is pretty good though. you can pretty much get anything you want for really cheap. Unfortunately, we can't really buy anything since we'd then have to carry it for the rest of the trip. Yesterday we took a day trip to Pompei, which is a city on the outskirts of naples. The coolest thing about Pompei is that the city was actually built in 600 BC. In 79 AD, Mt. Vesuvius, the local volcano erupted, and literally wiped out the whole city along with its inhabitants. Because It was so sudden, when the archiologists began excivating 200 years ago, they found more than they ever expected. Incredibly, they found everything completely intact, including the people! the volcanic ash preserved everything incredibaly, and now it is quite the tourist attraction to see the city. Today we took a trip to the Isle of Capri, about 45 minutes by ferry from Naples. Capri was by far the most expensive place we've been since the beginning of our trip, and though there were a few cool things to see there - like the blue groto, we decided we weren't sure it was worth the time and money. We didn't realize it, but today was a holiday here, so getting to Capri was utter chaos. Buying the ticket was a 45 minute ordeal, and for those of you who have ever been to NY and bought tickets at TKTS, take that line, multiply it by 10, then add everyone speaking different languages, and condense it to an area of about 20 feet x 5 feet. I've never had so much trouble with the concept of a line as I did today. Oh well. tomorrow is our day to travel around Naples, and then the next day we're leaving for Rome. By the way, the food here is Awesome. everything has been amazing so far, and I can't get enough of it. and on another note - the toilets here flush quite nicely =) Have a wonderful weekend! I'll be thinking of you.