Naples.

Today we were in the port of Naples, a city Rick Steves describes as ‘gritty.’

Agreed.

We were planning to go to Pompeii but Dave did not sleep well the night prior; that combined with the sun and heat was probably going to make things pretty miserable. So we pivoted and went with plan b – eat our way around Naples.

Five hours and twelve thousand steps later we were tired but with happy bellies. We stepped foot in a couple churches (which, honestly, all kind of blur together at this point, sorry to say). We followed a little bit of Rick Steves’ city walk and saw a city that was very much alive. We made two coffee/pastry stops and a pizza stop. (Naples is known as the birthplace of pizza.)

Once back on the boat we napped before relaxing poolside and taking in the view of the city from the 16th deck. Tonight we’ll join back up with the rest of our crew for a show and dinner. Tomorrow: Rome. (Hopefully. If Dave sleeps well and our train travel plans come to fruition.)