Napoli

It was a sad farewell to leave my family in Carife. Ester lost her other tooth. She set up a tea party for me with pizza. It was also difficult to leave the dog, since it was still in pain. Hopefully they will make sure that she is ok.

Carife is a very traditional Italian village. Nonna and Nonno reminded me of my grandmother. It is very different from Roma or Firenza. I found that Campagna as a whole is much poorer than many of the other regions, but the landscape is beautiful. One aspect that was not so beautiful was the amount of trash. Apparently the government does not pick up litter and there is alot of it. I have not seen that in other parts of Italy.

Eleanora picked me up around 2pm to go to Avellino, where I would catch a bus. As we were leaving Carife, a police car stopped us because we had all the food and a large table for the Roma market in the back of the car. We had to take the large table all the way back to Carife (the police followed us althe way back), because it was blocking her view. Is there ever a dull moment???

I arrived in Naples and, once I left the Stazione Centrale, I fell in love with the whole atmosphere. It reminds me of Philly on steroids. My hotel is fantastic. I guess I had not realized after one month how nice it is to be totally on my own without responsibility at a farm. I hope to have a relaxing week, since I am not due at my next farm until the 5th of March.

Ciao for now