A Sunday afternoon in Naples

[london1967]

On Sunday after visiting first the cemetery and later the Museo of Capodimonte in its namesake park (an amazing collection of art), we travelled to Mergellina station and walked down to the seafront. 
There's a lovely view of Naples 



and its bay from the harbour






(This is Castel dell'Ovo dominated by mount Vesuvius)

From the harbour we took a bus to the Parco Virgiliano at the top of Posillipo, the beautiful promontory which is 'the' place to live in Naples if you have enough money. The park was quite a walk from the bus stop but it was worth it because the views of the city and of the islands are amazing.








Capri




This is Nisida where apparently Brutus plotted the assassination of Julius Caesar in his villa.

A puddle


and a fearless cat!






Adrian talking to the cat (and being ignored!)

After we got back to Mergellina on the bus and a funicular, we walked all the way back into town on the lungomare






Piazza del Plebiscito and the church of San Francesco da Paola

Oh, how tired we were when we got back to our room!

Comments

[dorisduke.livejournal.com]

what kind of shoes do you guys wear?

[maxauburn.livejournal.com]

Comfortable ones, I would hope! :)

[london1967.livejournal.com]

LOL! yes!

[london1967.livejournal.com]

Just 'normal', comfy shoes (no trainers/hiking boots).

[mrdreamjeans.livejournal.com]

Lovely photos!

[london1967.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[tbrough.livejournal.com]

Cats ignore everybody unless you have food.

[london1967.livejournal.com]

LOL! Indeed!

[notdefined.livejournal.com]

Monorail Cat!

[london1967.livejournal.com]

LOL!

[maxauburn.livejournal.com]

:)

[prisoncitybear.livejournal.com]

That is a lovely looking kitty.
And brave. LOL.

[london1967.livejournal.com]

Or just nuts!

[dan4behr.livejournal.com]

My insecurities shine through:

As long as I were within sight of Mt. Vesuvius, I'd be looking up escape routes and looking at geological websites for any semblance of a tremor. I'd have the 'most likely' spots where pyroplastic flows might hit mapped and avoid them.

Those two thousand year old casts of Vesuvius victims at Herculaneum and Pompeii freaked me out when I was about eight. In two thousand years, I don't want to be one myself, lol.

No, seriously - beautiful spot. Goregous photos.
Just be prepared to run.

[london1967.livejournal.com]

Thank you, glad you enjoyed the photos!

I saw a programme on TV a few years ago and the general conclusion was that if Mount Vesuvius were to erupt/explode as it happened for Pompeii, not many people would manage to escape due to the overcrowding and the congestion on the road.
(The last time it erupted was in 1944 but it was a minor one, compared to Pompeii).

[bobalone.livejournal.com]

A much under-estimated city, imho. Yeah, it's dirty, loud and smelly: but such a sense of LIFE, not to mention the ragged beauty of the place. Nevertheless, I wouldn't want to travel there alone, at my age: I find the people too aggressive, and pedestrians are definately fair game for the "drivers" everywhere. Yet, I would still love to return....

[london1967.livejournal.com]

I must say that I found our trip rather exhausting. You cannot really relax when you have to keep your wits about you all the time!

[champdaddy.livejournal.com]

Your photos are always a bright spot on my flist... thank you!

[london1967.livejournal.com]

Thank YOU! Glad you enjoy them.

[isledemoi.livejournal.com]

Looks like such a wonderful trip. I love Naples even though it can be a noisy, traffic congested place. Seemed very shabby chic to me! I wonder if Perhaps Adrien was not speaking the correct dialect to that cat? And what about the gorgeous weather you are enjoying...

[london1967.livejournal.com]

The emphasis is definitely on the shabby! lol

Sadly, we only had sun one of the 3 days we were there.

[tilia-tomentosa.livejournal.com]

LOL fearless cat is too busy balancing on that edge.

[london1967.livejournal.com]

Quite! A slip and it's all over for the poor cat!