Farewell to Rome - Hello Naples

Hi everyone,


This is just a quickie today as we are up with the larks to catch the train to Naples ("hurrah, no walking today") said the feet.





Yesterday we finally made it to St Peters and climbed the 320 stairs to the top of the dome which was not as bad as I remembered although we both had a wee case of jelly legs once we got there, however, it only took a few minutes to catch our breath and then it was completely taken away again by the views of the city. After the Vittoro Emanuele the day before you would think that we would have had enough of viewing the city rooftops but this was every bit as wonderful. The dome is over at the other side of the city and from the top you can get wonderful views of the Pope's garden, St Peters Square and the surrounding hills. Again our cameras were smoking as we clicked away and still we can't download photos for you to see. I think the problem here is not with us but with the ancient computer that is available. We are not complaining though as access if free and the photos are worth waiting for. After a short spell sunbathing on the Pope's roof, we walked down the 520 steps which didn't seem to take as long as going up 320.



Once we got back down to earth we made our way into St Peters and were completely blown away. I had visited this last year but this was the first time that Jean had seen it and she could hardly speak, she was so overcome with the wonder of it all. We both managed to get some lovely photographs of the alter and St Peters tomb. We were so engrossed that before we new it we had spend about 5 hours wondering around.



A light lunch and a quick rest (feet demanded it, said they wouldn't walk another step without tomato sandwiches and five minutes toe wiggling) we set off again to see some churches but first we wanted to make sure that we knew where to catch the bus to the train station this morning and by the time we had checked this out, we missed the churches, so instead we had a nice little meander round the city. We stopped for a slice of pizza which was the best pizza we had ever tasted and we were ready for it after our energetic day, although we have been informed that actually Naples is the birth place of the pizza and we will get the best there - we shall let you know our verdict. Further along the road we were lured into a patisserie by these two little pieces of tart which really were robbers in disguise as they cost us €7 but they were so delicious, little slices of pistachio flavoured custard tarts and the pastry just melted in the mouth.



Anyway, as I said we are up early as we are heading to Naples this morning for the start of a week of camping so we don't know when we will be able to update again but hopefully we will find an internet cafe somewhere along the line.



Much love to everyone.



Jean and Sheila