Juliebug24

""the most wasted day of all is that on which we have not laughed""

Julie Pereira

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Siena, Tuscany, Italy

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Member since 5th Sep 08

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A Girl Went Back To Napoli...

Posted by Juliebug24 | 23rd September 2008

This past weekend my group and I made a trip to Napoli, Pompeii and Capri. We arrived after a very long day of traveling on Thursday afternoon to the smells, noises and tumultuous energy of the chaotic city. We stepped off the train into an atmosphere that is electric if not suffocating. If Siena has a heartbeat, Napoli is in 24 hour cardiac arrest. The flow of that place is barely a flow; more a rushing surge of humanity and inhumanity, trash and art. Needless to say, it's not my favorite place in the world. But despite all of this, it has a certain pull to it that I can understand, or rather one I can't fully grasp and put a finger on...
maybe it's the pizza (delicious, duh), or the rowdy children on the streets, asking you for a euro with the sweetest eyes and the most sinister of grins. Perhaps it's just the undeniable hospitality of the italians. It remains even in the sketchiest of areas. We arrived the day before the miracle of [url=http://www.worldeventsguide.com/event/547/Nap

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