Wednesday, 29 April 2009

Neapolitan Interlude.



La Bella Napoli : world famous for Pizza.


Of course, because of my desire to loose several inches from my thigh, I am restricting myself to seafood !


I am REALLY enjoying the Archaeological Museum here with all the statues and mosaics from Pompei & Herculaneum.
Today saw the grand opening of 400 frescos not seen since 2003, now restored - I managed to get myself invited to the press showing at lunchtime AND also to a special reception this evening !

Met all sorts of interesting people / restorers / archaeologists ! Was even invited to visit the excavations for a personal tour ... but that will have to await another time.

I did find time to visit the Chappel of SanSevero in which there are a couple of veiled statues from the mid 1700s: this one is called Modesty (although it can be hardly that !).