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From: Walt Bilofsky on 22 Sep 2009 14:28 "tim....." <tims_new_home(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > >"Walt Bilofsky" <bilofsky(a)toolworks.com> wrote in message >news:eikhb5prnos1gvi3vnstsuhpfae2juresp(a)4ax.com... >"bartc" <bartc(a)freeuk.com> wrote: > >>I had the same negative image of Naples as most of the responders >>here. > >Me too. I found nothing of real interest there > >I'm told that there are so worthwhile art museums, but I don't do art >museums. Though the complainant was that they only opened in the morning, >so to do them all took twice as many days as necessary. This could have >changed > >tim > Thanks, Tim. How long ago was your visit? We don't do art museums much either - and then only at a fast trot. - Walt
From: d4g4h4 on 22 Sep 2009 15:22 Martin <me(a)address.invalid> wrote: > On Tue, 22 Sep 2009 09:59:07 +0100, Jack Campin - bogus address > <bogus(a)purr.demon.co.uk> wrote: > > >>> Is Naples now a good walking-around city? Worth a couple of days? > >> Don't buy anything: many fake goods! > > > >Some of us actually WANT to buy fake goods. > > Hurray for sanity. Buying any kind of cheap tat on holiday always seems insane to me. I find it far more convenient to buy cheap clothes at home. -- (*) of the royal duchy of city south and deansgate www.davidhorne.net (email address on website) "[Do you think the world learned anything from the first world war?] No. They never learn." -Harry Patch (1898-2009)
From: Ken Blake on 22 Sep 2009 16:16 On Mon, 21 Sep 2009 21:27:05 -0700, Walt Bilofsky <bilofsky(a)toolworks.com> wrote: > We have five nights / four days to spend in the Naples / Amalfi Coast > area before boarding a ship in Sorrento. In the past we've been to > Pompei, and to Amalfi twice on day trips. > > We were planning to just skip Naples, but Frommer's guide raves about > how the historic center has been cleaned up, and the crime situation > greatly improved. > > Questions: > > 1) Is Naples now a good walking-around city? Worth a couple of days? There are interesting things to see there, but it's far from one of my favorite Italian cities. If you like art, the Capodimonte museum is terrific! > 2) Where should we spend two or three nights on the Amalfi Coast - > Amalfi (where we've already been), Sorrento (where we'll walk around > anyway our last day), or someplace else? I love Capri, where there are lots of things to see, and would highly recommend it if you won't be there during a very busy very touristy time of year. -- Ken Blake Please Reply to the Newsgroup
From: Walt Bilofsky on 22 Sep 2009 16:23 d4g4h4(a)yahoo.co.uk (David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*)) wrote: >Martin <me(a)address.invalid> wrote: > >> On Tue, 22 Sep 2009 09:59:07 +0100, Jack Campin - bogus address >> <bogus(a)purr.demon.co.uk> wrote: >> >> >> Don't buy anything: many fake goods! >> > >> >Some of us actually WANT to buy fake goods. >> >> Hurray for sanity. > >Buying any kind of cheap tat on holiday always seems insane to me. I >find it far more convenient to buy cheap clothes at home. There are lots of different kinds of souvenirs. We can bring clothes we were planning to throw away anyway, and replace them with cheap stuff from street markets or discount clothing stores. These and other inexpensive purchases enrich our time back home by bringing up good memories. Some people - particularly wives - seem to think that fine jewelry does a better job of filling this need. I can't see it personally. :-)
From: Ken Blake on 22 Sep 2009 16:29
On Tue, 22 Sep 2009 20:22:36 +0100, d4g4h4(a)yahoo.co.uk (David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*)) wrote: > Martin <me(a)address.invalid> wrote: > > > On Tue, 22 Sep 2009 09:59:07 +0100, Jack Campin - bogus address > > <bogus(a)purr.demon.co.uk> wrote: > > > > >>> Is Naples now a good walking-around city? Worth a couple of days? > > >> Don't buy anything: many fake goods! > > > > > >Some of us actually WANT to buy fake goods. > > > > Hurray for sanity. > > Buying any kind of cheap tat on holiday always seems insane to me. I > find it far more convenient to buy cheap clothes at home. With one exception, I agree with you. Buying things like cheap socks and underwear on vacation and throwing them away rather than lugging dirty clothes around in your suitcase can be a very convenient, inexpensive way to travel. -- Ken Blake Please Reply to the Newsgroup |