Italia, the first few days

      We are staying at Royal Continental Napoli.  It is a rather nice hotel across the street from the Gulf of Naples.  There are 2 castles near the hotel. 1 is directly across from us-I'll let Juliann fill you in on that.
Since we are in the heart of the city, there is constant activity all around: sirens (lots of polizia here!), scooters moving all about, cars whizzing by, people always walking or jogging by (the Stones will blend right in with the runners here), sounds of vehicles crashing into, what I'm guessing, dumpsters or buildings or? oh, not to mention HORNS. Napolitans LOVE to communicate with their car horns. It's funny.
     I'm sure you're not surprised to hear that we are eating quite well.  There are so many restaurants for us to check out here-fun!  We could probably eat at a different place every day. I think we might try that. haha

     We all are working on our Italiano.  It's fun. Some people around here seem surprised when we say more than Buongiorno.  I wish I knew more though!  I get a little frustrated that I'm not able to communicate better..ahh..back to work on Rosetta Stone..
     2 more things: sorry I didn't post about our Arrivederci party. It was so much fun and we all were extremely grateful to see all those who came.  It truly was a marvelous time!  Thank you all so much! (pictures got left on home computer..ergh.. sorry about that.)
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