Bosco di Capodimonte

It is so ridiculous how behind I am on blogging, that I really don't find it THAT ridiculous anymore. It has become the new normal to take more photos than I have the time to edit and blog, so I guess the idea of eventually catching up just seems more and more foreign every day. Anyway, back in August, I headed to the Bosco di Capodimonte with the husband and the pupster.

 We did not go into the museum this time around, because we had Chelsea with us. Italy is pretty lenient about letting dogs inside places, but I didn't feel like checking if Chelsea was allowed inside. We were there to walk and enjoy a nice outdoorsy day.

 Parking to get to the park was really difficult. There might be some hidden trick to this, because it took us over an hour to find a spot where we could park, and even so, it wasn't a proper spot, it was just some guy waving at us to park in some driveway and charging a couple of euros for it. We went for it, oh well. It was OK in the end.

 From the area surrounding the park and museum, the views of the city and the San Gennaro Cathedral are stunning.

 Chelsea was definitely a happy pup, and we let her go off leash for a little bit.

 Entrance to the park is free, I am not entirely sure about the entrance to the museum.

After a while of walking and enjoying ourselves, we took a drive around the surrounding areas and found some awesome graffiti and other cool sights. It was a beautiful day with my little family and hopefully we'll be making it to the park many more times!

Thanks for stopping by!

Love, 

Zayda

Castel Sant'Elmo

 

Up in the Vomero hill, sits the Castel Sant'Elmo, a medieval fortress from where you can see the most gorgeous views of Bella Napoli. These are some photos from my visit with my good friend Allie.

 That's Allie, not me :)

 Castel Sant'Elmo is a must if you are visiting the Naples area, you definitely can't miss those gorgeous views!

Thanks for stopping by!

Love,

Zayda

Pompei + Downtown Napoli

On day two of my friend Allie's visit, we took her to Pompei (Or Pompeii, if you're spelling in English? This still confuses me.), one of the places in her bucket list. I was so excited to show her around this interesting place. The husband and I had already been before, and we still got to see some new stuff we missed the last time.

 Tickets to Pompei are about 12 Euros, but include entrances to Pompei, Ercolano, Boscoreale, Oplontis and Stabia. We have not been to any of those yet, but are looking forward to go soon.

 It was HOT. It was ridiculously, ungodly hot. Dear Naples: Satan called, he wants his heating system back. I felt like I was going to pass out at any given time. The heat wave going through Southern Italy this July was NO JOKE.

It was really, really hot. Just look at my sweaty self and Allie's miserable face. HOT.

 ...still, we saw very cool stuff.

 Did I mention it was hot? Saw quite a few girls sporting this outfit:

 Still, Pompei is as beautiful as ever. So much history in this place.

 There was a special exhibition going on, with more plaster casts of bodies found after the disaster, and a new way to preserve them? Honestly I didn't pay a lot of attention because I didn't have time between all my whining about being HOT and crying over the bodies of a parent and child interacting.

 Note: whatever you do, wear comfortable shoes to Pompei. Preferably sneakers or something similar. Stupid me had the brilliant idea of wearing flip flops and well, that was a huge mistake. This is TMI, but my feet have never been so dirty in my life. Gross. After going around Pompei we got out and walked the town for a little bit and had some gelato. Always gelato <3.

 And because a weekend in Naples is not enough and we had to cram, we drove from Pompei straight downtown and saw the Egg Castle, Piazza Plebiscito and ate a wonderful Italian dinner.

 On the way back to the car, we stopped at one of my favorite stores in all of Naples, the Chocostore. EVERYTHING in this shop is chocolate themed, chocolate related or chocolate flavored. Including Cacao Pasta and Cacao Beer. Their white chocolate is evrrrrrything. The whole store is heavenly and dangerous at the same time, and the owner is such a kind and nice woman. Love, love, love this place.

We kept making our way back and enjoyed the start of a beautiful sunset and the temperature finally cooling down.

 It was an amazing day but we were exhausted when we got home. It was a great day!

Thank you for reading!

Love,
Zayda