Pauline
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Tuesday May 7 and Wednesday May 8, Naples
Traffic has been the theme of the trip so far. 45 minutes at a standstill on the M25 yesterday driving to Gatwick Airport (there was an accident and they closed the motorway). And about the same today driving from Naples to the Amalfi Coast. The highway was closed where you exit the A3 autostrada at Castellammare and the traffic was barely moving. Then when we got going our GPS (Waze on my phone) took us down 20 minutes of very narrow lanes to avoid more traffic.
But we got here and it is beautiful.
We enjoyed our one night in Naples. Stayed at Relais della Porta on Via Toledo. Very nice 15 room hotel on the 3rd floor of an historic palazzo. We went to a very good vegetarian restaurant on Piazza Bellini for dinner (Sorriso Integrale Amico Bio). Naples was very lively at night. It was cool weather-wise but not cold.
This morning, after the breakfast room, we went to a nearby cafe and had an excellent coffee standing at the bar. Then we walked around the Spanish Quarter.
We took a taxi back to the airport and got our car. The usual routine of them giving us a big Ford Focus station wagon and us pleading and finally getting a nice pre-banged up VW Polo. You need a small car here.
Settled into our rental (from Summer in Italy) by 4pm. Excellent grocery shop nearby. Walked some of the Positano-like stairs to the main part of town and had my fav Crodino apperitif at the cafe watching the traffic on the coast road. Cooked pasta and incredibly fresh vegetables at “home”.
Weather is sunny and warm. Happy to be here again.
Traffic has been the theme of the trip so far. 45 minutes at a standstill on the M25 yesterday driving to Gatwick Airport (there was an accident and they closed the motorway). And about the same today driving from Naples to the Amalfi Coast. The highway was closed where you exit the A3 autostrada at Castellammare and the traffic was barely moving. Then when we got going our GPS (Waze on my phone) took us down 20 minutes of very narrow lanes to avoid more traffic.
But we got here and it is beautiful.
We enjoyed our one night in Naples. Stayed at Relais della Porta on Via Toledo. Very nice 15 room hotel on the 3rd floor of an historic palazzo. We went to a very good vegetarian restaurant on Piazza Bellini for dinner (Sorriso Integrale Amico Bio). Naples was very lively at night. It was cool weather-wise but not cold.
This morning, after the breakfast room, we went to a nearby cafe and had an excellent coffee standing at the bar. Then we walked around the Spanish Quarter.
We took a taxi back to the airport and got our car. The usual routine of them giving us a big Ford Focus station wagon and us pleading and finally getting a nice pre-banged up VW Polo. You need a small car here.
Settled into our rental (from Summer in Italy) by 4pm. Excellent grocery shop nearby. Walked some of the Positano-like stairs to the main part of town and had my fav Crodino apperitif at the cafe watching the traffic on the coast road. Cooked pasta and incredibly fresh vegetables at “home”.
Weather is sunny and warm. Happy to be here again.
Coffee, 90 cents
Our first coffee standing at the bar. So short it is literally one sip.
View from our terrace
Fabulous terrace which is bigger than the house.
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