Naples is a strange place, stuck in a time long ago. The buildings look as if they were just bombed yesterday, crumbling and covered in barbed wire. While the churches are empty and growing weeds. The streets are full of garbage, people, and motorbikes. The craftsmen sell nativity sets.
At first, I hated this city, with its narrow roads and crazy drivers, but after spending the day there, I grew to love its long-forgotten buildings, buried ruins, and roadside memorials. One day, I will go back and photograph this city more.
We enjoyed roaming the streets, getting true Neapolitan pizza and some cannoli.
I think this is one of the coolest things ever. We went underneath the city of Naples. Below the city are ancient aqueducts that reach all the way to Rome. There are also temples buried under the new city. As we ventured down the steps, they talked about how, during the war, they used the underground city as a bomb shelter, Nuns used it to store wine under a church, and ancient Rome was the actual city now buried under the new Naples. They also just discovered an amphitheater under all the apartment buildings. People for centuries were using it as storage or air ventilation, never knowing what actually lay beneath their homes. Most of the tour was too dark to actually get any photos. But we got a few.
