Note: This photo is from the image gallery located on the Internet. The actual location of the pier which we fueled at cannot be ascertained from this picture.
Veal Parmesan anyone? Mom got kind of defensive
when I told her that this local food did not come loaded with onions and
peppers and it was not one of those processed ground meat type of dishes
either . I found this meal at USS Naples which is a service club for
merchant mariners. I was on the OBSERVATION ISLAND in 1994 when we
called on Naples. We had come in to take on fuel and spend the weekend.
Do not try to order the Pepperoni Pizza here that you are so used to in
the US what you will get is a pizza full of peppers and not much else.
While I was enjoying myself here my wife was in Hong Kong visiting with
our relatives there. Of course you have to see Rome. I took the train to
Roma and arrived late in the afternoon. I found a rather reasonable
hotel and spent the night and took the tour first thing in the morning.
The TV was kind of strange, there was only one channel that they were
showing and it kept on repeating a rather risqué commercial
of a lady putting on pantyhose.
I saw quite a lot on that tour. We got to go by the
coliseum , the Trevi fountain, the circus maximus and of course the
Vatican. A word to wise never ever take a tripod with you to take
pictures at the Vatican my interest as a Baptist was not religious but I
wanted to do a study of the architecture. The Swiss Guards kind of freak
out when someone sets up a tripod after someone tried to assassinate the
former Pope. Need to fill up the car with gas? You need only pull up on
the sidewalk. That's right no provision had been made for an off street
pull off. Incidentally Naples proved to be the most dangerous place in
the world that I know of for crossing the street.
