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| Our room looked out over Piazza Dante - that's him on the pedestal ... |
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| We caught the funicular up to the Castel Sant'Elmo to see the views and to get our bearings |
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| Vesuvius broods over the Bay of Naples as it has always done ... |
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| The dark "structure" in the centre is actually the long dark street called SpaccaNapoli - the name means "Split Naples" - for obvious reasons |
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| Back in the streets, his citizen showed explained that these statues of Hippogryphs at the portico of this palazzo were for "spegnere i torci" (stubbing out torches) in earlier days |
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| A street with steps in the Spanish Quarter |
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| In another palazzo, we discovered this grand double staircase - a feature of palazzi in Naples. Barbara is about to sing an aria ... |
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| It appears Neapolitans have a sweet tooth - the Babà is everywhere ... |
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| Barbara snapped these Neapolitans getting their fix ... |
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| An artist displays a series of paintings of the Neopolitan's worst nightmare - Vesuvius blows its top - again! |
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| Port'Alba - the gateway from old Naples through to the relative sanity of Piazza Dante, and our "home". |
great documentation on Naples; motivating us to go there too, hopefully soon!
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