Day 26: Even Travel Days Can Be Fun

I got up at 8 and went into Venice for the last time. I spent an hour and a half in the train station waiting for my train to Naples. My train was called the Frecciargento, and was one of the Italian high speed trains. These tear across the countryside at 150 MPH, and have turned many routes that used to be overnight sleeper routes into 5-hour trips. At 3:30, I was in Naples, and an hour later, I was at my hostel.

The hostel I'm staying in is called Giovanni's Home. It does not appear in my guidebook, which if you read my earlier post has been a crapshoot thus far. However, every review on hostelworld has mentioned how good Giovanni (the guy who runs the place) is as a host. This is 100% true. He's super friendly, and as soon as I arrived, he gave me and three other people a 45 minute orientation with a map. He outlined a route to walk to see a bunch of the most beautiful stuff in Naples. He told us exactly what trains to take to do Pompeii and Herculaneum tomorrow. He told us where the best pizza and gelato were, and a ton of other day trips to take from Naples that made me wish I had more time here (I'm already skipping Vesuvius to see more stuff in the city). Giovanni loves Naples, loves having travelers stay with him, and really knows his shit.

I proceeded to go out on the walk with a girl from Nova Scotia. It led past gorgeous buildings, unique churches, seaside castles, and killer coastal views of Vesuvius. On the way back, we stopped at the pizza place he recommended (Pizzeria Gino Sorillo). Do not eat here unless you want pizza ruined for you forever. It was €3 for a whole pizza margherita, and it was the best pizza I have ever had. Maybe Pizzeria Di Fara in New York or Lou Malnati's in Chicago can make something that is as tasty as that, but they can't do it for $4.50. Heck, even Domino's can't do that, and Flat Branch gave up on that price too. I'll be back for another one tomorrow, because that is simply mind boggling.

Before that, I'm going to Pompeii and Herculaneum. Shout out to the homie Lucius Caecilius Iucundus.