southern italy

the april section of italy would become my vacation from my vacation. i flew back into rome from israel. and it felt comfortable. third time i stayed in the yellow hostel for the trip. i decided to be more social than i was the two previous stays. it turned into an alcohol fueled party every night affair. in the day i would wander various neighborhoods through rome, tired of the run of the mill tourist site. i did end up staying an extra day to go to the vatican.

from rome i headed to naples. i loved naples. it reminded me of a pre gulliani new york city. trash strewn around. everyone bustling at a feverish pace. the food was good. if i didn't have so many nostalgic moments around a new york city slice, i would swear that they had the best pizza in the world.

fromt here to the amalfi coast for a few days of hiking. salerno for an animation festival which i stumbled on. and then eastwards to matera.

during the entire time, the hulking 645 camera laid at the bottom of the pack. didn't really concern myself too much with taking too many pictures. handful of rolls, just printed a dozen from the "real" camera more from the point and shoot.

now to print up the hard stuff... *oye*