Happy Thanksgiving folks!!!
I finally stayed the evening in Salerno and I was very impressed by the city’s Christmas displays. They have light decorations on nearly every street, including the little tiny side streets. They also had a community park filled with figures like snails, trees, flowers, trolls, mushrooms, stars, two huge tunnels and so forth. Unfortunately, my camera does not work very good in the dark so the pictures do not do the view justice. Salerno seems to be much the same as any other Italian city, though nicer than Naples, so I didn’t take pictures of the city, save what you can see through the Christmas lights. Very beautiful; I wish Antonella could have seen it with me because it was very cool.
I finally stayed the evening in Salerno and I was very impressed by the city’s Christmas displays. They have light decorations on nearly every street, including the little tiny side streets. They also had a community park filled with figures like snails, trees, flowers, trolls, mushrooms, stars, two huge tunnels and so forth. Unfortunately, my camera does not work very good in the dark so the pictures do not do the view justice. Salerno seems to be much the same as any other Italian city, though nicer than Naples, so I didn’t take pictures of the city, save what you can see through the Christmas lights. Very beautiful; I wish Antonella could have seen it with me because it was very cool.
I was told at the Salerno port that it was not possible for me to get working passage on a ship without a seaman’s card so I would have to find a private yacht but for that I would need to go back to Naples.
Everybody is aware of the dangers of driving while talking on the phone; many fatalities have begun that way. Well, in Italy you have the same problem only it is talking on the phone while walking. Yesterday I was walking down the street as big as I could be (with my backpack on as well) when I happened to come into the proximity of a walker-talker, which everyone aware knows the inherent danger. However, due to my cat-like reflexes allowing me to veer away from impending injury, his flailing hand only clipped my hat sparing me undo bruising and facial marks.
Something I love about Italy, that stands out more than any other country I’ve been in, the people walk and talk. It is only in old movies I have ever seen little groups of men or woman walking down the street together or just standing on a corner visiting or playing cards. Here it is everywhere. It is more rare seeing someone alone than with someone.
The big white blob is two polar bears
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