Legend docked Monday morning in Naples in southern Italy. We were soon off the ship and headed on foot for the railway station where we caught a train to Pompeii at the base of Mt Vesuvius. A big crowd was already lined up at the ticket box to the Pompeii ruin when we got there. Our expectations were high but we were left decidedly underwhelmed. In our opinion the reality didn’t match the fame and hype of Pompeii. It was a mildly interesting site at best and a couple of hours were enough for us.
More interesting was the Naples city centre that we explored after the return train journey. In places Naples is edgy and grungy, but it also has several fine piazzas with grand buildings.
We wandered from piazza to piazza, eventually stopping for a slab of pizza each on the sidewalk, then strolling back down to the docks and reboarding Legend in plenty of time for our 7pm departure.
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