Naples, Never Again

The reason for the title is because Naples...... SUCKS.
Sorry to offend anyone who likes Naples (I am sure there isn't a whole lot of you) but I definitely thought that Naples would be very very different. From the second we stepped off the train and into the train terminal area, I instantly knew it wasn't gonna be a pretty site. People smoking cigarettes and throwing them on the clean tile, trust me I am used to people smoking cigarettes EVERYWHERE. I am immune to everyones smoking habits out here and throwing their bud wherever, but inside on clean tile? Not so much. The next few steps... an old grungy man begging for money, the next few steps... a dikey women bum drugged out of her mind sitting outside on the curb begging, shouting, yelling nonsense things. The next few steps... a man crying and yelling because somebody hit him? Traffic, construction, trash everywhere, dirty dirty dirtiness....

I was scared.

We arrived in Naples at about 4, so we had to get a place to stay for the night because our plan was to go to the Amalfi Coast the next day. We then got a hostile closest to the train station and decided to walk the streets of Naples.
Naples being the place where pizza was created, I had to go there because pizza is my favorite food!

So thanks to Rick Steve's Italy book, we know everything when we travel.
Therefore, we know the best and cheapest hostiles, we know the best places to eat in town, we know where to go, how to save our money, where to rent things, how to get around fastest, the book has already saved our lives.

As we walked down the streets of Naples, I was truly amazed. Not by beauty of course, but by how ITALIAN the town was. Apparently the further south you go in Italy, the more true Italian it gets. That is not necessarily a good things nor a beautiful thing. Clothes hanging from one apartment to the next within these small ally ways. Apartments upon apartments, homes upon homes, people upon people. The town is the third most populated town in Italy, but it seems much more crowded due to how close together everyone lives. I couldn't believe how many clothe-lines can be hung between two 10 story buildings. Impressive actually.

TONS of shopping down this main road.
"SALDI".... in every store. Literally, there is a "SALE" going on in every store.
50% off, its quite comical because how is everything on sale in every single store... year round.
Oh well, some stores did have some great prices.

As we made our way down this main street in search for the pizza place where on Eat Pray Love, Julia Roberts eats with her friend... we took it all in. Kids playing soccer in allies, on corners, people trying to sell you things off their tables, cars almost crashing into eachother constantly, Italian women yelling with hand gestures, and much more. After getting lost for a while, we finally found the pizza place and all I got to say about it was it was AMAZING. so worth the walk and train ride and all the above to eat this pizza. It was like no other pizza I have eaten before, pure deliciousness.

Anyways long story short, I wouldn't recommend a trip to Naples but if it leads to where we went the next day... then possibly. Because the Sorrento and the Amalfi Coast is mouth watering.