Naples...Day 7

We arrived on schedule into Naples and docked at the big new terminal and our first tour was scheduled for 8:30 which was a panoramic tour of Naples...then stopping in the middle of town to visit 2 churches. Even though the tour gave us an overview of Naples.....and then led us to the churches and Monastery....and back by 1 pm....this was not much of an excursion. Fortunately it was a gorgeous day so we had good views of Vesuvius and the Isle of Capri.....but the tour guide was just not too good, leaving out a lot of the history...the various buildings, etc. We did get to go in both the old church and the new church, and it being Palm Sunday....huge crowds. But we missed the Mass, so no organ,  etc.  Just the weakest tour so far....and Audy did not feel too well...so took a nap then we went out the terminal to get her some pizza, which was invented in Naples....then back for Port Talk and dinner.

Our dinner time changed the day when we joined a couple that looked Asian....and that started probably the most entertaining hour we have had for some time and kind of "made the day".  The couple was Chinese...and the story is long but  neither of us have laughed as much in a long time as we laughed with and at them. He is a very bright professor at Columbia University where he teaches doctoral students in psychology...and she is the outspoken and very funny wife. We will relate details later but suffice it to say Darrell and Pauline were "a riot" to be around. We are still laughing about some of the comments made at dinner.  Which leads me to say one of the "side benefits" of Viking is who you meet. Obviously a more educated and wealthy group for the most part...and lots of "it's a small world" stories, especially in view of what Audy and I have done, have lived, and have traveled. All in all, an ok day in Naples, but a great evening. Probably will not go back to Naples.

A fairly early night....and ready for Rome.