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082704 Daily Diary for Friday, August 27th |
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by acz / 09.03.2004 |
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Itinerary |
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We checked out of our hotel in the morning and made our way to the train station. We ate breakfast at the station and then boarded the circumvesuviana (train) for Naples. Once we arrived, we checked into our new hotel (Hotel Sansevero) and got ready to go on our sociological survey of Naples.
For the survey, Professors Hechter and Friedman gave us a list of locations and times for us to periodically meet up at. On our way to each destination, we were told to look for indicators that could characterize the political, ethnographic, economic, and religious nature of each of the different streets we walked along. We walked through the historical district (more middle-class), the Spanish quarter (working class), and the Vomero district (upper-class). Once we reached our final destination, we were allowed to wander around on our own.
Later that evening, we met to go to dinner at the Hosteria Toledo. The restaurant had been around since 1951 and was located in a very residential, non-touristy area, which was a nice contrast to some of the more tourist-laden areas we had seen earlier in the day.
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Highlights |
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It was definitely enlightening to tour the city from a sociological perspective rather than one that is more monument-driven. You notice things that might otherwise go unnoticed and begin to appreciate the city as a functional city. The city itself becomes the monument or museum. You can look at store fronts or political posters and try to analyze what those everyday objects can reveal about the people who live and operate within that social space.
Dinner that night was also a definite highlight. The restaurant is a part of the Slow Food movement, a movement that aims to promote local artisans and to preserve agricultural biodiversity and gastronomic traditions that have become threatened by the homogenization of modern fast food and life in general (www.slowfood.com). In other words, the food was absolutely amazing. We started out with an antipasto that had various olives and meats and marinated vegetables. That was followed with pasta con fruta di mare (clams, mussels, and oysters), penne con pomodoro (a tomato sauce), salad, and tiramisu (my favorite!).
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Images |
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| Photo by Anna Schneider |
| View from below |
| This is a view of the Vomero district from the Spanish quarter. The Vomero district is quite difficult to reach, even by car, so we had to take the finicula (a kind of uphill tram) up to tour the area. Vomero was noticeably more upscale and less crowded than the other areas we surveyed. The cars were nicer and the streets much wider and more like avenues than alleyways.
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| Photo by Anna Schneider |
| The streets of Naples |
| This street is very much like the streets we saw in the historical district. While many were so narrow they looked like they could only be alleys, they still managed to function as main streets, with cars and scooters zooming (often too close for comfort) by pedestrians and street vendors. |
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| Photo by Jeff Eaton |
| Mmmmmmm! |
| A student leaves a message of thanks in what is left of his tiramisu. |
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| Photo by Jeff Eaton |
| Hosteria Toledo |
| Helen, Matt, and Martha |
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