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I am a retired English teacher and department head, the mother of three grand mother of four, and have been married to the same man for 53 years, two years after we met at college. I taught in both middle and high schools as I really love teens and in-betweens. I was also a certified Lamaze instructor, and for a short time a volunteer chaplain at Howard County General Hospital. I am a two-time cancer survivor, ovarian (2003), and breast (2019) I was born in South Philadelphia and grew up in the 'burbs with great parents, in a bilingual household. I love soft pretzels and cheesesteaks, the Phillies, the Eagles, the Orioles, and sometimes the Ravens. I love being Mom, Aunt Kathy, Nona Kathy (Kath), and Teacher. I spend a lot of time in my gardens in the spring and summer, and in the winter I plan what I'm going to plant. I also am an avid reader, cook, photographer, lover of languages, music, and four-footed furries.

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Tuesday, June 19, 2012

Searching for Pizza or Sunday in Naples

After we left Tuscany, our ship docked in Rome  --  We stayed on board that day.  The next day we docked in Naples and decided to walk the city on our own -- searching for the pizza mentioned in Eat, Pray, Love that the author raves about.




It began cloudy, but the sun peaked through a couple of times.    We couldn't understand why all the streets were roped off.  A man stopped us to tell us where we could walk -- people there were so very kind -- they would just come up to us and share their favorite parts of the city.  Anyhoodle (as my friend Jay would say), it turns out Naples was hosting a marathon.  It was fun being in the middle of all this commotion.  We really felt more like Napalitanos than tourists.


This is the famed Spanish sector.


Pasta!!!!

An Italian dog-walker...


We finally found the pizza place:  L'Antica Pizzeria Da Michele.  It was good, but not the best we've ever had.


One of the many beautiful churches we visited.


After walking for three hours, the ship was a welcome sight!  Time for the hot tub!!!