San Michele Anacapri

... the best pizza you ever have had and ever will have. This is your last day in Italy. You came back to Naples specifically to eat at this pizzeria."<br><br>Yep, I ordered a second pizza. The waiter asked if I wanted him to make it a small margherita. I said, "Nah." literally while I had a fork raised carrying a bite from my prima pizza. I ate both of those pizzas and I was so happy. I had also had a hefty beer. Needless to say I slept the entire train ride from Naples to Rome.<br>

... See ya. He immediately came over to me and said, "Wait, wait. If you pay 15euro we can start now." Uh, no. "Okay, okay, c'mon, let's go. We'll get started now." Oh yeah. Look at me working my consumer power.<br><br>I'm glad that I opted for the guide. Pompei/ii really is a city. It's not just a little archeological site closed in by a fence, it's a full on city with neighborhoods and roads and everything. But because it's all ruins it ...

Tomorrow morning we catch a train for Sorrento. We will be there for 4 nights. We will take day trip to Amalfi, but we will not be staying at the hotel there. Joe and I decided that our stay on the Amalfi coast will be more enjoyable if we do not change hotels , so we extended our stay at the hotel in Sorrento, and cancelled the one in Amalfi. Just wanted to let everyone know in case you needed to reach us.

... table. They were also very nice -- and from Siena so we had plenty to chat about.<br><br>So after floating home from my double-pizza day I returned to the hostel and asked one of the guys if he was at the pizza place earlier (I thought I had seen him there). Anyway, he told me he went to Di Michelle for lunch but went to Di Matteo for dinner. And that the later was better.<br><br>C-R-A-P. It appears the contest has been reopened.

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Stayed in a small town south of Naples (Vico Enquense) which was right on the water (in a rather remote cove). We rented an apartment for the week which was part of a hotel complex. At the beginning of our trip, we met Tony (from Jersey City) who was from Vico and told us where to get the best pizza and his wife was from Sorrento (which is just south of Vico) so we had some ...

... park a smart car. And nobody got parking tickets. <br><br>Our first bus tour, on the red bus, began at the Castel Nuovo and headed north to the Museo de Campodimonte passing the Fontana in via Medina, Convitto Nationale (National School in Naples), Basilica de Santa Maria della Sanita and the Church of Madre del Buon Consiglio along the way. <br><br>Returning to the bus terminal, we ...

... to the water. A gondola, then pulls up to take you in to the grotto - all for a fee of course. As we entered the grotto, we had to lie back to make it through the tiny opening. The grotto is quite beautiful with the most brilliant blue waters (caused by the sun's reflection in the water). The downside is that you only get to spend a few minutes (5) in the grotto before you are taken back out. <br><br>We then decided to take public transport back ...

Such an experience in the making. We were slated for an 1100 appearance on a show not beginning until 2030, so again much waiting and build-up and finding excuses "to run back to the hotel quick" so that we could stave the boredom. Many games in the courtyard were invented, including "Bottle Bash," "Bottle Polo," and "Javelin Ball." We were terribly imaginative. Finally, though, after ...

... best activity around was to explore the five hundred year old convent. In the dark. After finding the crypts under the building and seeing something moving down in the garden and realizing there were two entire floors of the convent that had no obvious doors, we found out the slogan on the church that it belongs to reads "Relief in suffering" when translated. Creepy. Since we'd scared ourselves enough already, we stopped poking around ...