On the train again
Trip Start
Aug 30, 2008
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Trip End
Nov 16, 2008
Naples,
Italy
Monday, September 22, 2008
Roman ruins around the Colosseum, which was pretty good. I did see
recently two young guys leaving the subway station holding a wallet,
that looked like they had just taken it from someone as they we looking
quickly at the contents.
The Roman ruins were pretty good. After that we took a train to Naples. It's said that one should see Naples and die. I don't know if that means seeing the city will cause your death, but now that I am here. I think so. The city is right well
filthy. Garbage everywhere. The streets just don't feel safe. Lots of
Africans selling counterfeit good (usually bags or sunglasses) and old
Italian men gambling on the street with cards or other tricks. There
are slot machines in cafes. Except for Pompeii (which was really good,
give yourself a full day to walk around, it's huge) and the food (but
no one here eats the pizza crust) it just isn't that great.
I just wonder what the people who live here think. Have they just given up and don't care? Or what?
Oh, and we had another person approach us at Rome train terminal for money
for the ticket machine, with two of his friends crowding us in. Just
not a good feeling in this country.
