Very tired from the city “mix up” (Castellana v.s. Castellaneta) I sought after a train ride that would take me pretty much any place whereby I could sleep on the night train ride. With my Eurail pass I could hop on just about any train any time and go anyplace. Since I had a hard time finding couch surfers in Italy, I utilized the evening / overnight train rides for my much needed evening rest. I found that Napoli aka Naples, although not that far away, I could get to by taking a series of trains and arrive in the morning.
I arrived in Napoli, birthplace of Pizza in the morning. I began strolling through town, not really knowing what to expect or do. So, I just wandered. I looked at my lonely planet guide for a little advice, but there wasn’t much. When I started venturing through the city it felt like I had been transported back to Delhi, India. There was trash in the cobblestone streets, and people selling stuff all over the place. The buildings were much older and the heat was fairly intense.
Santa?
Black Cats
So, I wandered for a bit more, saw some cool / interesting things and then started to head back to the town square near the train station. In the square I spotted several restaurants advertising their specials. I stopped into one of them and sat down to have a pizza, Margareta pizza in fact, which seems to be the most common pizza in the world! It was very good.
After dining I headed back to the train station. I was wanting to get back to Rome for the next morning, and in doing so I had to stop by the nice coastal town of Bari.
