Ironic Naples

This is the ironic thing about Naples. It's is such an incredibly beautiful city; grand sweeping vistas of the Bay, Mediterannean islands and the impressive volcano standing guard. I took these photos a couple of days ago when we were looking at an apartment. This was the view from the street.

But this is the same city where the garbage collectors are on strike, you can't find a public phone that works and the heaving traffic takes on a personality of its own.

Ironically, Gi and I are both enjoying ourselves. Gi in particular is more comfortable in his home town than I have ever seen in the twelve years that we have been together. The traffic, the people, the bureaucracy, his family ... these are all things we've had to deal with on previous trips but he is handling everything differently. Unfortunately, I seem to have regressed slightly in my maturity levels with emotional outbursts, tantrums and bad behaviour. But it's now April, the weather has changed to blue skies, warm days and spring has arrived. I'm endeavouring to change my focus from the negative to the positive.

So, if you want to see the photos of the broken public phone and the piles of uncollected garbage you'll have to email my privately!

Thanks for the comments. I have a other blogs to publish but they need work...less negativity, more positivity. Stay tuned.