I have recently come back from a short trip to Naples. (The
real thing, not the one in Florida.)
It is loud and extremely, really extremely dirty. Rubbish
seems only occasionally to be collected. Rubbish collection – I was told – is in
the hands of the Mafia and they must be concentrating their resources on
collecting money, which leaves them little time to collect the rubbish.
However, the people – that is everyone I met, in the hotel,
taxi drivers, restaurant staff, passers by in the street, just everybody – are
remarkably friendly. Quite different from what you come across in Venice,
Florence, and Milan.
This remarkable overflow in friendliness and dirt reminded
me of Cairo. Both are full of life and there is much to see and do and both
cities. I would not like to live in either of them but they are a joy to visit.
The café owner was delighted when I showed him the photo I had taken of the sign in his toilet:
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