Hi everybody!
Stan wishes to say hello to you all.
He arrived yesterday morning from Missouri via Chicago and
Munich, quite a series of flights, in my opinion; we met at the
airport and immediately headed to his hotel. After a couple of
hours we met again, had lunch (pizza, what else? :-) and then
started discovering the heart of Naples. My girfriend joined us
after work and we went on strolling around until dark, then we
had dinner and planned a visit to Pompei, which took place
today.
Stan is a very nice guy, as many of you already know, and I will
be forever glad to him because he had the not very pleasant
mission to bring to me my new big toy, a 67II, a terrific but
nevertheless heavy and big camera (at least to carry around
having a lot of luggage already.)
We both had our *ist Ds, Stan's one almost always equipped with
those wonderful black Limited 43 and 77... (sigh...) He already
filled and unloaded a 512mb CF card, if not two.
There was quite a bit of haze this morning, but Pompei shone
from the top of its 20 centuries. Too bad the sun shone a lot
too, and in the large streets of the ancient city there is not
enough shade... At least, Stan wore a hat, and was not too worn
out by the long walk.
Then, after 2:30 p.m., we realized we had to eat (and drink!)
something and it was getting too late to find a nice restaurant
in a fair time. There indeed was one where we parked the car,
but the behaviour of the personnel made the decision for us, so,
back on the road, I made a try to reach a restaurant I know in
my town (halfway between Pompei and Naples). We got there after
3:15 p.m. but luckily they welcomed us warmly and so we spent a
nice couple of hours (yes, 2 hours...) with a panoramic view and
very good white wine.
Well, that's all for now. I'm a bit tired and bedtime is
approaching. More to follow.
Ciao,
Gianfranco
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