It was my first night in Naples last night, and after a warm welcome with a glass of sangria wine and introductions to everyone at Hostel Mancini, Ruby and I made a delicious pot of indian spiced vegetables and grains which was the perfect taste to fill myself up with after driving all day. I got into a couple conversations with this woman named Aly who stayed here last night. She was telling me that her friend was looking at rent prices for apartments here in Naples. It's a good idea if you're traveling and happen upon a place that reels in your heart and mind. I was glad we got into the conversation because I found out that a one bedroom flat costs 300 a month! That is only contributing to the reasons why I will return.
Apparently Naples is the oldest city in Europe, aside from Greece. It used to be a very wealthy city until Rome came into power, and it has never really recovered from a monotone economy. I'm completely sold on the place, it's beautiful. So much inspiration and happiness is hatching in me, and I have Naples to thank. My mind has been expanded by Naples and everyone I have had the pleasure of meeting here.
Pizza certainly proved to have been born in Naples when I took the first bite of a saucy pizza with mozzarella, tomatoes, and fresh arugula on top. For the entirety of our over enjoyed lunch, my family had been thinking that we all just ate at a famously delicious, and popular pizza place, only to walk out of the hole in the wall restaurant to see a huge line of people blocking the street and all funneling into another pizza place... with the same name as the one we had just eaten at. These are things, and I still had the chance to eat a kick-ass piece of pizza.
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