Napoli: A Day At The Beach April 17, 2010
Posted by tiffany in : Naples , trackbackAfter seeing the coast yesterday in Sorrento we knew we had to go to the beach. It hasn’t been that warm out (mostly in the low 70′s) but the humidity level makes it feel much warmer, so we packed the hotel towels, flip-flops, water, and sun block (leaving the cameras behind of course) and headed for the beach in Napoli.
Come to find out there isn’t much of a beach in Napoli which was a little sad considering the amount of reading I’d been doing about the lovely gray sand beaches this area is known for. The entire area of beach was smaller than our last apartment, but alas, the sun was lovely, it had a great view of Vesuvius, clear water, and it wasn’t very crowded.
We were wondering why the beach wasn’t as packed as the guide books were saying and then we got into the water! Saying “brrr” doesn’t cover it; it was down right cold! Apparently it is cold all year round and the locals wait until the middle of summer to go into the Mediterranean (I suppose it’s hard to fight the temptation with the heat and all).
We made a sand castle and lounged around, building up the courage to go into the nice water. We did actually go in twice, both times ended with us sun bathing like cats, trying to get dry and warm.
When we were walking to the beach from the bus stop there was a man on a moped, driving in the street that whistled at us. We looked over and he was trying to sell us an Iphone! There are a lot of people in the streets that sell Iphones, but we had never seen a drive-by (street-to-sidewalk?) Iphone salesman.
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