11 hours in Napoli

Yesterday my alarm clock went off way too early if you’d ask me, but it was totally worth it! At 07.30am me and my friends sat on the train on our way to Naples. I was so excited since the only Italian city I ever visited (and now living in) was Rome.. ok and Tivoli, but that’s just a town near Rome, that doesn't really count haha. Since I'm living in Italy, I wanted to see more Italian cities, so chop chop on our way to the city of laundry and pizza!

I always loved the idea of seeing narrow streets full of drying laundry fluttering in the breeze from just about every single balcony. When I saw those streets myself, it felt like I was in a different scene. I loved it! I also heard some less positive stories about the city. I was told that the city was old, dirty and scary because of the many pickpockets. Everyone warned us, so me and my friends walked around the city holding our bags like our lives depended on it. Locals must have thought weird things about us haha!

We wandered through the city, visited some churches and had a lovely lunch. After, we went to the boulevard. Ooooh how much I loved to see the sea. I even got more excited when I saw Mount Vesuvius and the island of Capri in the distance. I really want to go to that island one day, those caves with water bluer than blue. Mamma mia! One day, one day..

After walking around and eating a yummy Italian dolce called 'sfogliatelle', we headed to a little train that took us up to the hill from which we had an amazing view! After enjoying the city’s skyline and having a little rest moment from all the walking, we went searching for this certain restaurant to eat pizza. When in Naples guys, you just have to eat pizza, because pizza Napolitano is the best! We only had 30 minutes left to go back to the train station, so we were a bit in a rush. Luckily our pizzas were served in less than 5, I say 5, minutes! Good services and, most importantly, good quality. The pizzas were so tasteful!!

Napoli is a very lovely and vibrant city and is full of historical and artistic treasures and narrow, winding streets with small shops. It’s such a pity we went there for just one day, I wished to climb Mount Vesuvius and to visit Pompeii. And if I only had the chance to visit Capri.. I'll be back!