Napoli

Napoli, February 2007

See the Wikipedia article on Naples, Italy, here

It's hard to find just one picture to sum up a city. Usually.

Pompeii
Pompeii

The nice hill in the background looks peaceful, doesn't it?
Detail on wall of house

It's hard to get away from Vesuvio in Pompeii.
And I bet I'm not the first person to say that.

Ruts made by cartwheels
Grindstones, or querns

A vine, nicely trained in a window garden

Detail on interior wall of house
Did anyone just hear a loud noise?

The hole in the ceiling of the bath house cold room

The garden of the fugitives
Ceiling detail

The crater of the volcano. See the smoke?
Ditto

Looking across the crater...
... through a faint smoky haze

Napoli, as seen from the crater. I prefer my cities to be a bit further away. Let's say 1,000 miles or so.

Part of the solidified lava flow from the 1944 eruption

Herculaneum, after its excavation from about 50 feet of volcanic ash
Lunch!

It appears to be filled with olives and what looks like seaweed, but if it's in pie form, I'll eat it!
Detail on the interior wall of a house

The dogs, as found in Piazza Garibaldi early one morning.

This is the interior view of the wooden wheel, called the ruota, which passes through the wall of the Basilica Santissima Annunziata Maggiore on Via dell'Annunziata, which allowed for unwanted babies to be deposited anonymously from the street, and rotated round to bring the opening to the interior.
On receipt, one of the nuns would take the baby, bathe it, and record the time and date in a ledger. The rather popular Napolitan family name 'Esposito' derives from this practice, apparently meaning 'exposed'.

A narrow Napolitan alley
An even narrower Napolitan alley!

Pizza... Pizza to die for... and here in Napoli both are never far away!
Especially considering the local scenery - and the locals!

I'm window shopping!

To Aaron and Stella, who conspicuously failed to make this trip, for reason's beyond Stella's control. I bet you thought we never thought of you. We hope you make it next time!

Public domain photograph (and ain't it a cracker?) from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:MountVesuvius.JPG

Pompeii	Pompeii
The nice hill in the background looks peaceful, doesn't it?	Detail on wall of house

	It's hard to get away from Vesuvio in Pompeii. And I bet I'm not the first person to say that.
Ruts made by cartwheels	Grindstones, or querns
A vine, nicely trained in a window garden
Detail on interior wall of house	Did anyone just hear a loud noise?
	The hole in the ceiling of the bath house cold room
The garden of the fugitives	Ceiling detail
The crater of the volcano. See the smoke?	Ditto
Looking across the crater...	... through a faint smoky haze

	Napoli, as seen from the crater. I prefer my cities to be a bit further away. Let's say 1,000 miles or so.
Part of the solidified lava flow from the 1944 eruption
Herculaneum, after its excavation from about 50 feet of volcanic ash	Lunch!
It appears to be filled with olives and what looks like seaweed, but if it's in pie form, I'll eat it!	Detail on the interior wall of a house

	The dogs, as found in Piazza Garibaldi early one morning.
This is the interior view of the wooden wheel, called the ruota, which passes through the wall of the Basilica Santissima Annunziata Maggiore on Via dell'Annunziata, which allowed for unwanted babies to be deposited anonymously from the street, and rotated round to bring the opening to the interior.	On receipt, one of the nuns would take the baby, bathe it, and record the time and date in a ledger. The rather popular Napolitan family name 'Esposito' derives from this practice, apparently meaning 'exposed'.
A narrow Napolitan alley	An even narrower Napolitan alley!
Pizza... Pizza to die for... and here in Napoli both are never far away!	Especially considering the local scenery - and the locals!
I'm window shopping!	To Aaron and Stella, who conspicuously failed to make this trip, for reason's beyond Stella's control. I bet you thought we never thought of you. We hope you make it next time!