We have managed to find an internet cafe so are just going for it while we can as we want to tell you how dedicated two women can be to finding Napoli football socks.
We had a few hours to spend before catching our flight to Venice and so decided that we would once again try to find some Napoli football socks for Kieran. Well that turned out to be a bit of a challenge. No where, and I mean no where, can you buy Napoli football socks in Naples in fact we have been looking today in Venice and you can't get them here either. Anyway, we got off the bus at the station, dumped our bags and started the quest. Honestly, you would think we were looking for the Holy Grail, never has anything been so hard to find. We were in the dodgy end of town anyway and trying to cross roads was like taking your life in your hands literally on one occasion as a biker tried to mow down Sheila, who managed to swerve out of his way because he didn't seem to know what to do. All this took place on a zebra crossing and never ones to miss an opportunity, a cafe owner immediately said we should go into his cafe and buy ourselves a coffee to get over the shock. We were both fine and continued our quest with bags clutched tightly to our chests because that's what everyone has told us to do while in Naples.
Sorry Kieran, the quest was unfulfilled but we did manage to get you something but we will keep it a surprise.
We got to the airport only to find that the flight was delayed and so we did a little window shopping and of course managed to buy a couple of bits at the duty free. Safely stuffing our purses back into our bags off we went to check in. On the aeroplane Sheila got out her glasses and ipod and enjoyed watching a movie during the 40 minute flight.
Finding the bus to the campsite was so easy, finding the campsite was a doddle, and before you knew it, the tent was up (less than 5 minutes) and off we went for some food because by this time it was about 10.30pm and we were starving. We ordered a pizza and Sheila went into her bag for her purse and guess what, it was gone. We had spent all that time in Naples protecting our pennies only to get to Venice and be caught out by a pick pocket. Mother, please don't worry, it's all sorted, card stopped and report made to police. That was the end of our very eventful day and we both went off to bed feeling that we had made a bad choice coming to Venice. The campsite was too far our and the buses started to late for us to make our train on Wednesday morning so that night we thought we would just pack up the next day and head into town to see if we could sort something else out. We literally just turned the corner from the train station when Jean noticed a sign for a friendly cheap hotel so we thought why not let's give it a shot. We have been delighted by our cheap hotel. It's clean, 2 minutes from the station and is indeed cheap so we are very happy.
We have also decided not to go to Slovenia tomorrow and instead we will find a campsite in Trieste and stay there for a couple of days instead as we feel we could just do with charging our batteries.
Today we have walked ten miles around Venice and we definitely did not make a mistake coming here as it has been one of the most beautiful cities we have ever been to. We think the rest of the world has come with us though as you just can't move for pesky tourists. Here is a couple of photos to make you all feel jealous.
As you can see mum, we are once again having a great time and loving every minute.We have to go now as we have to be up at 6am to catch our train. We don't know when we can blog again but we will as soon as we can.
Love to all.
Jean and Sheila
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