MISC ITALY PICS JUNE 2015, PART !!??
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May-June 2015, ITALY
MIXED BAG OF PHOTOS, IPHONE
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NAPLES
I PARKED CAR IN A DENSELY BUILT SUBURB THEN BIKED TO THE NATIONAL ARCHAELOGICAL MUSEUM DOWNTOWN, MOSTLY DOWNHILL, ABOUT 3KM, BUT FIRST WANTED TO EAT LUNCH. FOUND MYSELF IN A SOMEWHAT SHABBY SECTION OF TOWN. I STICK HEAD INSIDE RESTAURANT WITH JUST STAFF/NO CUSTOMERS, I ASK, "CAN I EAT HERE?"-->"YES". I PROCEEDED TO PARK MY BIKE ON THE SIDEWALK IN FRONT, THEY EMPHATICALLY OBJECTED, TELLING ME THAT WAS A VERY, VERY BAD IDEA, EVEN WITH A LOCK ON THE BIKE. THIS IS SNAPSHOT OF STREET ONE BLOCK BEHIND RESTAURANT
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ACILIA AREA
REALLY COOL, BUT ABANDONED, FASCIST-ERA HOUSE. THERE'S AN IDENTICAL HOUSE RIGHT NEXT TO IT.
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TORRE ANNUNZIATA, L'INCROCIO RESTAURANT
BIKING AROUND TORRE ANNUNZIATA, I STOPPED TO ASK A LOCAL ABOUT LUNCH, AS THE OSTERIAS SEEMED STRANGELY FEW AND FAR BETWEEN, THOUGH SIGHTINGS OF PIZZERIAS ABOUND. THE CHUBBY, MIDDLE-AGED GENTLEMAN RECOMMENDED ME THIS PLACE. GOOD FOOD, ULTRA-COOL DECOR. THE YOUNG WAITER LAMENTED THE ECONOMIC CRISIS IN ITALY, AND WAS CURIOUS ABOUT THE SITUATION IN AMERICA.
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TORRE ANNUNZIATA
THERE ARE SO MANY BOATS IN NAPLES HARBOR THAT MANY ARE RELEGATED TO FUNCTION AS GARBAGE BINS
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VILLA DI POPPEA, TORRE ANNUNZIATA
POSSIBLY NERO'S VILLA IN THE NAPLES AREA. EXCELLENT FIND, WELL WORTH MY TIME. CHECK IT OUT IF IN THE AREA.
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VILLA DI POPPEA, TORRE ANNUNZIATA
ONE OF THE MOST ASTONISHING ASPECTS OF THE VOLCANIC ERUPTION OF VESUVIUS BACK IN 79 A.D. WAS HOW IT MANAGED TO PRESERVE ROMAN-ERA ARTIFACTS. THIS ONE REVEALS THE IMPRESSIONS OF THE WOODEN WINDOW SHUTTERS THAT WERE BLOWN OPEN BY THE VOLCANIC BLAST. ANCIENT HISTORY RECORDED TO THE VERY HOUR, NOT JUST ERA. HERCULANEUM IS EVEN BETTER PRESERVED, THOUGH DID NOT GET CHANCE TO VISIT.
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VITERBO, LAZIO
A NATURAL HOT SPRING EMERGES FROM THE GROUND NEAR VITERBO CITY CENTER. AS IN SATURNIA, THE MINERALS IN THE WATER HAVE OVER TIME FORMED TUB-LIKE FORMATIONS(NOT PICTURED, THOUGH THE DEPOSITS ARE VISIBLE ON THE MAN-MADE CANAL HERE). WATER APPARENTLY DRINKABLE. ONE GUY CAME WITH SEVERAL EMPTY BOTTLES FOR REFILLS. WATER IS HOT, EVEN AT MANY YARDS FROM SOURCE IN BACKGROUND.
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VITERBO
DRIVING THROUGH VITERBO, LOOKING FOR A THERMAL SPA LIKE THE ONE I EXPERIENCED AT SATURNIA, BUT DID NOT FIND ONE, INSTEAD ACCIDENTALLY FOUND MYSELF IN THIS ROAD THAT WAS CARVED BY THE ETRUSCANS A LONG TIME AGO. UNUSUAL AS IT SEEMED UNNECCESSARY, WHICH MADE IT SEEM SURREAL. A UNIQUE, WONDERFUL DRIVING EXPERIENCE.
