Capodimonte

This blog picks up after I left Scotland, where I had been for a family wedding. I arranged to spend 2 weeks, from June 1-13 at a Bed and Breakfast.. Gatta Morena.. north of Rome. My entries for this first week were partly drafted while I was there, and ...

... the day wasn't full enough, after a little rest at home and some time to get cleaned up, we were off to nearby Capodimonte for a little "mercato biologico".     Romolo's wife Allessandra had arrived by this point so she joined ...

... Needless to say, they didn't get into the "secret chamber" with the erotic pieces. On our way up to the Museum at Capodimonte, we saw a funeral procession. We only caught the end of it. There was a long line of mourners walking slowly down the middle ...

... to make it to a museum and another castle.  The weather wasn't so hot our last day either.  We went to Museo di Capodimonte.  We had a little trouble finding it, as it was off of our map, but we eventually made it.  We had to ...

... we did get to see some real master pieces pulled from Pompeii and Herculaneum.  We also check out the National Museum of Capodimonte built by King Charles VII of Naples and Sicily.  Formerly a hunting lodge, that is now well known for ...

... to see the landscapes along the drive, but I couldn't seem to stay awake.  Our first stop in Naples was the Capodimonte Museum.  This art museum is full of masterpieces, especially Renaissance and Baroque, which is why we took a trip ...

... and headed back to the bus. Sorrento has a lot of shops and cafes - we went shopping for wooden inlay and looked at capodimonte porcelain. We saw some beautiful writing desks for a mere $8000 apiece - the stuff isn't cheap. I bought some simple sea ...

... breakfast of croissant, coffee and juice. Get all day bus ticket 3.10E. Take bus from Neptune Fountain to Museo di Capodimonte (7.50E). Huge museum in a palace that took 100 years to build. The entrance to the exhibits has two automatic glass doors with ...

... . He introduced us to all the things Campania (the Naples region) is so famous for: lemons, cameos, intarsia (wood laying) and Capodimonte porcelain.  We finished our tour with gelato from Len’s favorite spot: David’s in Sorrento. We had ...