Pompeii and Florence Italy

Well I had an interesting train ride yesterday. I went from Rome to Naples, Naples to Pompeii and then Pompeii to Naples, had a hiccup in Naples and then on to Florence. So the hiccup or story comes after I have spent the day checking out the ancient Roman ruins in Pompeii. Which by the way were very interesting. The ruins were covered by volcanic ash and rock in 79 AD allowing the preservation of the Roman city. It was very cool to check out the city, stadium and streets.

The hiccup or story: I arrived at the train station via a subway train to head on to my next destination, Florence. I was to take a couple of different trains to get there with a switch in Rome. The train was to leave Naples at 4:30 pm following by a quick change in Rome and on to Florence. In Naples it was after 4:20 and the platform number was still not up on the screen. I went to customer care to ask about it. When I was there they informed me that the train was 15 minutes late. I indicated that that was not going to work for me as I had another train to catch in Rome and if we were late I would miss it. The man checked the computer, looked at a few schedules, talked to another person working there, got on his cell phone and talked to another, all in Italian, so I had no idea what was going on. This took more than 15 minutes and as it turned out the train was now going to be 45 minutes late. He said you no worry, no worry. Well someone was looking out for me. After all these conversations and a few new stamps and a note written on my ticket he personally escorted me to the platform and to the steward of a high speed train and told me no problem, direct train to Florence, high speed, first class, no charge, no worries. I got free drinks and a chocolate bar twice on the trip that took three hours as opposed to six hours and arrived in Florence when it was still light out. The man was so nice and a lovely little hiccup.

Florence is another city that you can walk around easily and see the many churches, museums and sites by foot. Needless to say my feet are sore and would love a massage from all those willing. So I and everyone else are walking Italy. I haven’t mentioned it, but there are people everywhere.

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