Next stop Naples

Arriving in Rome is hilarious. No immigration forms to fill in. Picked up our bags, got sniffed by one mangey dog and straight in to the country. Italians look so groovy. Pad reckons they're a cross between The French and the Spanish. Totally up themselves and weirdly exotic. Naples is nuts. We had just checked in and in five minutes outside our room in the square below we saw a fight, a demonstration and a funeral. Lunch was at a crazy restaurant recommended by the blokes from Il Perugino,our favourite local Italian. The walking instructions on google maps started with 10 pages of directions beginning with 'walk in a north easterly direction for 35m .......' No clue! Got in a cab, gave the driver the address and he drove us for 200m. Right there. The city is exciting, beautiful and ugly, lots of fun, with a wonderfully seedy feel. Just like Mickey Rourke before he went Mankey. Pad tried to park the car in the garage suggested by the hotel, arrived back 20 mins later, with car, I think he'd sweated his body weight. Got totally lost, gave up and parked the car out the front of the hotel in the middle of the piazza. It's still here this morning. Fingers crossed. Ostuni here we come. Ciao