A 10 hour plane ride of women sitting next to you drinking too much chardonnay getting excited about their Carnival cruise and men that shamelessly stare at you...such was the flight from Chicago to Rome. American Airlines leaves a lot to be desired in international travel. A plane heading to the food capital of the world and what do we get served "beef and potato" or "chicken and rice" loaded in salt...cold roll...cold iceberg lettuce...no free cocktails. I had a row to myself which slightly helped with sleeping through the flight, save for the aforementioned chardonnay cruisers and starers.
Landed in Rome at 9 am and effortlessly went through customs. An 11 euro 30 minute train ride from the airport to the city, followed by a 10 euro 2 hour train ride from Rome to Aversa and I am swept away by college roommate Maggie in the well-used minivan. Maggie was born to drive here - where there are no rules of the road, kids move freely from the front seat to the back seat to the trunk space while cars zip through narrow winding roads.
Can check eat pizza in Naples off my list. Yep....it's damn good. Thanks to Mags for starting me on the eating spree.
Off to explore the military base outside of Naples. From Maggie and Dan's 1500 square foot 3 bed room 2 bath apartment...all I can think is that I'm in a parallel Irvine where the gate guards have really big guns and Vesuvius lingers on the horizon.
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