Ah, Napoli!

Although, we were going to go to Naples for a pizza lunch and a nice dinner we actually had two pizza lunches and opted to skip the dinner and head back to the safety of Zagarolo. The Pizza: We went to Da Michele as planned and we were not dissappointed with the pizza. The place is insanely busy, we waited 20 minutes for a table but by the time we had finished the crowd had at least tripled in size I would guess that there were atleast 75 people waiting on the street to get inside for the pie (check out the pics). Da Michele offers only two pizzas (the classic Margherita and the Oregano) and basically nothing else besides drinks and only three drinks are offered; Coke, Beer and Orange Fanta. We had one of each pizza and a couple beers. The prices are rediculously low for how busy the place is, 4 euros for a really big pizza. I don't think I can describe how good the pizzas were, you'll just have to come visit and we'll go together.

After we ate there, we walked around the area near the train station. Let's just say Naples is different and it feels a lot more dangerous than anywhere we've been in Roma. We decided to get the hell out of dodge before it got any crazier but first we had to try one more pizzeria. This second pizzeria was called Trianon and it's been in business since 1923. It has a way more extensive list of pizzas and we opted for one that had eight different flavors. This pizza was good but not great. All of the toppings seemed kind of half-hearted, which was dissappointing to us. We were so damn full at this point it didn't matter that we didn't finish the pizza.

In retrospect, our trip was kind of ruined before we got there because of our paranoia regarding Naples. All of our students were warning us that Napoli was a different kind of place than Roma. They were right. Though it's illegal not to wear a helmet on a motorcycle, the people of Naples don't seem to know it or care about the law. This general sense of chaos is just typical of the feeling that you'll get in Naples. Of course, we were in the the area around the train station which is probably not the pinnacle of Neopolitan living so we're not completely casting judgement until we can return and see a different area.