Today was the day we had to move out of or Tuscan villa and go back to Naples with our friends Peter and Jennifer.
We checked out and John and Liz drove us to the bus stop so that we could get to the train station. I had studied the map and the information in the villa about riding the bus. I assumed that there would be a bus/transit center where they could drop us off and we could get on the bus to the train station. No - it was just a regular bus stop! Well - when we were getting out of the Fiat - the bus shows up. The driver (obviously) did not want us to drag out our goodbyes to our friends. (Our friends were heading back to Roma in the Fiat - to take off the next day to their home country - we would not be seeing them for another year or so).
We hopped on the bus - and of course - you were supposed to have purchased tickets before you got on! I did not know this. The driver managed to say how much it was to the train station. Fortunately - I had enough cash and handed it over the wall to him. He was not too pleased that he had to do this - but - at least he did! It was amazing how fast the bus drove down the streets! We had been on some of the streets in days past - but we did not drive nearly that fast!
The train station was big - and we had to walk a ways to find the main entrance. We bought tickets at one of the automated ticket machines (it was rather expensive to buy tickets). We stood around waiting for our train to come up on the boards. After waiting around for about 45 minutes - I decided to go to the help/information desk. After waiting in line for about 10 minutes - I showed him the tickets I had bought and told him that I wanted to go to the Aversa station - he said that "That train does not leave from here!" I asked him what I should do. He then proceeded to write out a schedule on a piece of paper and hand it to me. I walked away very confused. I looked at what he had given me and found that it was an itinerary. We needed to get on a train (right now) and ride one stop, then change trains.
We found the platform that he indicated on his note, got on, got off and found that the next train into the station was bound for Aversa. We got on - but of course - did not have seats. We ended up sitting 3 in one compartment, and 1 in the other. I was able to find room for the bags above. The train ride was about 4 hours, and only 3 stops! It was nice - there was lots to look at as we went along. Lots of tunnels.
We arrived in Aversa around 2:00 in the afternoon. Peter came with the Suburban after we called him from Aversa.
Not many pictures this day.
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