The mafia left Naples in ruins. Can they do the same to Pompeii?

[southernyankeebelle]

27. My mother was from Naples. When we go we would visit and stay with them. We'd go

over to the Navy base sometimes. Basically we lived in the villa. You know how they are enclosed with a lock hugh doors. My cousins were so much fun as we grew up. Of course we also would play on the big balconies. I wish I could remember the names. I have to ask my twin. She went over many times. At the summer home Ericalana (it sounds like) we would go swimming and we would bring spear guns. We had this private area and when we would go walking into the water you wore tennis shoes because there were clams and you had to walk out so far then go in the water. There was also a hugh rock and we would swim out to it and stay there for a while jumping off the Rock of Frances. We had so much fun there with my cousins and their friends. Then some of the cousins would go spear fishing. We would bring it home and have what was caught for dinner. The southern part of Italy is so very different from the rest that is for sure. Honestly they just know how to have fun. But the Italy I grew up with is so different from today. I wasn't crazy for Rome but I am not crazy for any tourist places. One thing I learned from my husband was never go where the tourist go. You go off the beaten paths and you can find great meals and great prices. My husband was in the army and we travelled all over. He was right about that. But don't go alone.