Fiumicino to Naples

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The train system in Italy is one of those things that just works. Years of investment have really paid off for the Italians. There seems to be a price and a speed for everybody. After staying overnight in the quaint seaside fishing village that the airport gets it's name from, we jumped on the train to 'Rome terminal' for the 30 minute direct link. We managed to get on the business class, high speed train to Naples just before it left. Very fast, quiet, with free drinks and snacks, as well as wi-fi, A/C power outlets and a buffet car, we were in Naples in no time. Well, an hour and a half?
A quick 20 euro taxi ride from the Napoli Centrale we reached our Air-BNB pad 'Blackbird's Garden', a pretty amazing hang halfway up the hill overlooking the Bay of Naples. Naples is one of the oldest cities in the world, having been founded by the Greeks about 3,000 years ago. They spoke greek here until Unification in the ?1840s and the dialect is impenetrable even to other Italians. Our little unit is inside a compound off a narrow street and has entrance doors as big as a house, with a full time gate security officer who manages the hydrolic openers that look like the were swiped off a Boeing 777s landing gear!
and here is a view looking down our street
And here are some photos of the pad...
and The Princess in the tower....
Our first trip out was down into the spanish quarter on our way to get on the funicular railway to the Castel Sant'Elmo, which has to be the largest, most impressive castle with fortifications that I have seen to date, and I've seen a few! The views from the Castel are also some of the biggest I have seen. The castle in Santiago de Cuba would probably be the runner up, but for sheer beauty the view of the Bay of Naples wins the prize!

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