NOTE: Sorry for the LONG delay... This is the first post documenting our travels through Italy. The entire trip took about 14 days from start to finish. I kept a daily log that I will post here with pictures over the next week or so. Enjoy!
The day before our flight, we stayed in Denver. This saved us the drive up on the day of our flight and allowed us to park at the hotel at no charge for our stay (a good savings). Our flight departed from Denver around 11:00a. We flew to Washington DC (actually Dulles Airport in Virginia). We had a few hours to wander the airport where we ate some lunch. We got on another plane around 6:30p for the 8 1/2 hour flight to Rome. On our flight, we met a gentleman from Italy that was traveling with his 5 year old son. When dinner was served, I got the pasta while Athena had the chicken. The Italians both had chicken. Athena and the boy both learned that the chicken was spicy. The father asked a flight attendant if they could have a different meal. I think he was told they would have to wait (they spoke Italian). After a while, they still had not been given a replacement... he then asked if he could have a bottle of water for his son. The flight attendant told him they could not give him the bottle. He then asked for several glasses of water so that his son could eat his meal. The flight attendant responded, "Well, aren't you a piece of work." VERY rude! Eventually the head flight attendant came over to speak to him. I told her what I had seen and heard and explained how that was NOT the way to treat customers. She tried to defend the other's actions because apparently the father had said something to another flight attendant. I told her that he was EXTREMELY polite in his interaction about the water and that the rude response was completely unjustified. Anyway, needless to say, the treatment by United was not very friendly. If we can help it, we will avoid them in the future. Unfortunately, this time, they were the best option for flights.
After a nap and several hours of reading, watching movies, etc, we arrived in Rome. At the airport, we got tickets for our trip to Naples. We first got on the train from the airport to Roma Termini (the main station in Rome). In the station we ate a light lunch of sandwiches and coke light. From there, it was a 2 hour ride to Naples. We joined the locals in napping on the ride down. Once in good old Napoli, we bought a multi day travel kit. It included a 3 day travel pass and access to 2 historic sites. We walked over to our hotel and got checked in to our shoe box of a room. We quickly discovered that our bathroom was missing a key feature, a toilet seat! For anyone traveling to Italy, make sure to reserve a room with a bathroom... And pack a spare toilet seat :) After dropping our bags off, we set out for the national archaeological museum. After a short walk back to the train station, we jumped on the metro. The museum is one stop away from Piazza Garibaldi at Cavour and then a 2 block walk up the street. Admission is normally €9. The bookstore sells a useful book for Naples for €3. The museum has a lot of artifacts from Pompeii including the "secret room" that has a collection of ancient porn. It also has numerous statues and mosaics. After several hours, we managed to see most of the displays. We took the metro back to Garibaldi, then walked back to the hotel to rest before dinner. We ate dinner at the hotel, which was reasonable (3 out of 5 stars). After dinner, we both crashed.
Both of these images are from the National Archaeological Museum in Naples. The museum has a lot of artifacts from Pompeii.
Floor from Pompeii
Large mosaic from Pompeii
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