This is Naples

You think you've seen Naples? You haven't, not until Gianni

 (This is Gianni)

pulls a u-turn in heavy traffic when he spots his old school chum Pasquale (with some Americana) at the train station, jumps the sidewalk, stuffs you into the back of his little car

and whisks you off to the San Giorgio suburb, which is at the foot of Mt Vesuvius,


Where the guys like to play a little pool at his place

until it’s time for Mario (he works in “security”) to take you for a long walk soaking up the local color

To get to the place where Gianni won’t let you order for yourself  because you’re going to drink Vesuvius beer (eruption noted), eat fried fitters with cheese and macaroni inside, followed by the first pizza with baccalà (salted cod) and chicory followed by the second pizza with Prosciuto ham and Zuccini blossoms, but forget about coffee, because he will drive you to the other side of San Giorgio fast enough so you won’t notice the break in lunch where the coffee is better.

Now you have seen Naples.