The Best PIZZA In The World

Naples

Day 37: April 30th, 2014

Today we are finally heading to Napoli to get the best Pizza in the world. Carlo and Francessa are taking us because Carlo got his bachelors and masters degrees in Napoli.

We had to stop and try Naples famous crossants at the best pastry shop in town! The luxuries of having a native showing us around :) Made with ricotta cheese!

We started by stopping by a small church that was built in the 1700's by one of the princes of Napoli and is absolutely beautiful. The Museo Capella Sansevero.  The prince was a very smart and accomplished man who dabbled in many things and is said to have designed many of the architectural elements of the interior ornamentation and the mixture for the paint. He must have known what was doing because there has been very little restoration work on the paint and it is still very vibrant. The real reason that we went was to see the statues in the main hall. Needless to say they are magnificent. The Veiled Christ was the main attraction and it is magnificent. It is so lifelike and the detail is stunning. It is something to see, so everybody, put in on your bucket list.

There was another amazing statue that represented disillusionment. It is of a man taking a fishing net off himself showing that he was taking off the bounds of the world. It is amazing because the net looks real, except for the fact that it is white and made of marble. There were other beautiful statues, but those were the 2 most captivating ones.

Then we proceeded down some stairs to where the Anatomical Machines are kept. They aren't mechanized so I don't know why they are called machines, but nonetheless they are amazing. They still don't know how it was done, but it is a very realistic representation of the circulatory system of both a male and female. They are the skeletons of a man and a woman with the circulatory system on top of them. They are colored according to the arterial and venous blood flow and it is very realistic. And to think it was done in 1800's.

Some fun streets and sights along the way:

Next we headed to the best Pizza place in the world. And it was. Italian Pizza is better than American pizza. Stop. That is all there is too it. And this place was so good. We don't know exactly what was so much better, but it was just better in every way. The crust was fantastic. The sauce was delicious and the combination was addicting. So when you are in Napoli visiting The Museo Capella Sansevero, stop by Sorbello pizzeria. There will most likely be a line, but it is worth it. And just stick to the plain Margarita or  plain sauce one. They are the best and they are only €3 a piece. €3 for the best pizza in the world. It can't get much better than that. Oh, and these are not small either. 1 will make anybody stuffed, and could easily be shared by 2 people.

Another thing Naples is famous for is their hand made nativity sets! There is a long beautiful street dedicated to them :)

Subways here are awesome! We rode the subway to the main square of Napoli and every city in the world should do their subway systems like Napoli. They are beautiful and could be classified as art galleries. Here is a video of one of them, and all the others are just a beautiful/ trippy. Napoli is pretty cool.

We then strolled through the main square of the city and found ourselves on the edge of the Med looking over the bay at Vesuvius. The only problem was the Napoli should be charged with fraud. They say that it is the city of sun and every day since we have been in Italy it has been cloudy and rainy. We still have not seen Vesuvius without cloud covering the top. Hopefully Friday when we head to the Amalfi coast we will see it in all its historically terrifying  glory.

 An out door bookstore street

 Spanish Street

 Galleria Umberto 

 GELATO!!!

 Main Square 

 Amber's first time touching the Mediterranean Sea!

After our hour and a half relaxation session on the coast where we looked at the clouds and Amber broke into a laughing fit as she recited Rocket Man lines to herself. It was funny for everybody because everybody else laughed at Amber's inability to control herself. We then rode the train back to a city close to Formicola where Carlo's dad picked us up and took us back to Anna's house.

After a short rest we then headed out with Anna and her family and her brother Miguel's family to have more pizza in celebration of Anna and her husband Antonio's 19th anniversary. (Mind you, at this point it is 9pm and Miguel and Rosa have a 4 and 6 year old. This is normal. Dinner is usually at 8:30 and the children are up with the family till around 11.) Needless to say both of us were not in the mood for food because we were still full from eating the world's best pizza for lunch. subsequently, we ordered a small plate to share, which was met with strange looks from the other's at the table. Those strange looks meant that when everybody else got their pizza's Jeff started getting slices from everybody because they felt bad. If they only knew.

Jeff and Antonio 

After we were stuffed again, we went to Miguel and Rosas house for dessert which consisted of 2 cakes, and many little treats with soda for everybody. By this point it was after 11. The good part was that the cakes were good and so was the company so no complaints here. The interesting thing is that Italians don't like dry cake, and not the American definition of dry. A moist cake to them would be dry. So to fix this problem the soak the cake in a sweet syrup. This is not our favorite, but the other cake, which was more of a layered pastry was delicious. If we both weren't so full we would have enjoyed it a bit more.