A UVM blog Semester at Sea – Spring 2022

We grabbed a cappuccino and a croissant in the hotel and headed out. We visited the nearby testing center. They advertise a 24 hour result PCR test. Ahhhh… closed. We walked nearly an hour through a pretty unattractive section of Napoli. We finally arrived at the front of the train station facing the Galleria Garibaldi. We found a place to get some 7-day metro passes. Slightly more money than 3 single day passes, but simpler. We rode the #1 line to the Toledo station which was supposed to be cool. It was. Modern design in colored tiles. We popped up to the surface and walked Via Toledo for a while. Lots of street stalls. Looked like a poor man’s left over Christmas market. Tons of people walking. Guess it was the start of the holiday party. Back to the metro to the University stop. Thought there would be a good place to eat near a University. Well, not the way we turned apparently. But wait, let’s walk toward that castle. Turned out to be Castel Nuovo. And we found a very nice small restaurant in an alley. Very quiet and pleasant. I had another pizza, Kathy some pasta. We realized we were very close to the Maritime Terminal so we walked over to reconnoiter. Talked to a guard there who told us where our ship would be on Sunday when we board. Google suggested we take the light rail to get back to our hotel. That worked. Got us within a 10 minute walk.