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From: Runge17 on 22 Sep 2009 18:05 No one is interested in your old stories 30 years ago and someone who knew someone etc "Martin" <me(a)address.invalid> a �crit dans le message de news:ofgib5tttam0re056cjqrrpvh095of3iqt(a)4ax.com... > On Tue, 22 Sep 2009 23:05:37 +0200, Piero > <pippopappoNOSPAM(a)NOSPAMtedeschi.it> > wrote: > >>Walt Bilofsky ha scritto: >> >>> Grazie, Piero. Yes, we are always careful with valuables and aware of >>> other people when walking in large cities. >>> >>> Would it make sense to stay two or three nights in the historic center >>> of Naples? Staying in Sorrento, counting travel time and waiting, it >>> would take about 2 1/2 hours to go to Naples and back. >> >>I'm sorry. >>I live far from Naples (500Km north), and I was there only few times. >>In recent times I slept in Pompei one time, and I was there to take a >>ferry to Sicily and on the way back one week after. >>So I don't know how good is to sleep in historic center. >>I think is good and without problems. >>I remember very good to buy a daily ticket for public transports (Metro, >>light rail, funiculars). >>Look at the traffic: a nightmare for every driver not from Naples... >>No rules: red lights and stops are totally ignored and the worst trouble >>for a car there is the broken clakson: they horn continuously. >>...But the landscape is wonderful... >>Absolutely climb up to Posillipo hill on a clear day. >>In Naples there's a flavour of mafia called 'Camorra', but they never >>create problems for normal people. >>The only problems, as I said before, are pickpockets (so leave all >>valuables in Hotel) and fraud masters. >>The 'Napoletani' (people from Naples) are known everywhere in Italy as >>'smart' (maybe ... too smart). > > Somebody I knew had a problem with his car that was parked in a secure > hotel car > park in Naples. In the morning it was found that the car had done a long > trip > during the night without the owners knowledge. > -- > > Martin >
From: Runge17 on 22 Sep 2009 18:06 if martin : 30 years ago. "Walt Bilofsky" <bilofsky(a)toolworks.com> a �crit dans le message de news:eikhb5prnos1gvi3vnstsuhpfae2juresp(a)4ax.com... "bartc" <bartc(a)freeuk.com> wrote: >Walt Bilofsky wrote: > >> 1) Is Naples now a good walking-around city? Worth a couple of days? > >Maybe a couple of hours. Get a train into the central station, walk around >a >bit to see how crazy the place is, then get out again. > >There are supposedly some tourist attractions, but I've always given them a >miss. I had the same negative image of Naples as most of the responders here. But Frommer's (2008) says "[Naples'] artistic and historic riches are more easily accessed since the historic center's thorough refurbishment during the 1990's. Also, police work has been effective in reducing crime and making the tourist areas safer than ever. Yet Naples is a big city and you should still keep an eye on your belongings." And in their recommended 7 day tour of Naples and Amalfi Coast they suggest two days in Naples. So - are people replying based on visits in the past 5 years, say, or on old information or prior impressions?
From: d4g4h4 on 22 Sep 2009 18:06 Martin <me(a)address.invalid> wrote: > 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. > > I got better quality imitation Lacoste in Turkey for a fraction of the Dutch > price. I'm not impressed by cheap imitation anything because I don't do brands. -- (*) 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: d4g4h4 on 22 Sep 2009 18:42 Martin <me(a)address.invalid> wrote: > On Tue, 22 Sep 2009 23:06:46 +0100, d4g4h4(a)yahoo.co.uk (David Horne, _the_ > chancellor (*)) wrote: > > >Martin <me(a)address.invalid> wrote: > > > >> 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. > >> > >> I got better quality imitation Lacoste in Turkey for a fraction of the > >> Dutch price. > > > >I'm not impressed by cheap imitation anything because I don't do brands. > > I'm not out to impress. It really does seem that that's _all_ you try to do. Bye. -- (*) 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: Piero on 22 Sep 2009 19:47
Martin ha scritto: > Somebody I knew had a problem with his car that was parked in a secure hotel car > park in Naples. In the morning it was found that the car had done a long trip > during the night without the owners knowledge. Is a very little thing, in Naples... Normally if you park the car and if you DON'T remember to let a 'tip' to the (ubiquitous) parking men youare almost sure to find your car without wheels, placed on four bricks. When I go in Naples some year ago I slept in Pompei (in a camping with also rooms) and I leave my car there. When I go out (by feet) from the camping to go to the train to Naples, someone went near me asking <<Where's your car?>>.... They want to 'ward' your car (obviously not free...). Happily paying the camping, the 'ward' of the car was included by the camping owner... So, for this and for the traffic nightmare, the answer is: if you can, don't take your car in Naples... Better go there without a car... Ciao, Piero. |