Day 11

Not a good start to the day - early morning thunderstorms that looked like scuppering our plans for visiting Naples.

After a few hours the rain stopped so we hopped on the train and headed for Napoli. €3.60 for a hours ride - the trains are packed not surprisingly.

We headed for the archeological museum 

 Past the back streets of Naples 

And into the museum - it is choc full of items from Pompeii and Herculaneum 

These mosaics are over 2000 years old

The ones like this are so fine they were only made by young artists because you needed 20/20 eyesight to be able to produce the fine detail

Some of the sculptures were on a massive scale

We didn't really have time to see much of the city so the plan is to return on another day.

As for the pickpockets and the filth - the pickpockets were nowhere to be seen - maybe they don't operate on rainy days - actually I don't think there is any more in Naples than any other city.

And the filth? ............ Yes it's a scruffy place, lots of litter floating around - a shame really.