Naples - 5-31-08 to 6-3-08

Prosecco party on the roof of the hotel in Naples.








Some views of the city from Castel Sant'Elmo on a hot and hazy day.













































The walk down the hill into the city from Castel Sant'Elmo was littered with glass... definitely a good day for flip flops.
































Oh Leticia...

A street in the Spanish Quarter.











It doesn't get much more Italian than this.











The girls in the Galleria Umberto I... under construction.

Some of the scaffolding in the Galleria.











Eva Longoria does ads for ice cream over here... apparently Desperate Housewives just isn't cutting it.











Jack got into a staring contest with one of the "street performers"... who entertain by standing incredibly still. I think Jack won.






A big window at the Naples Archeological Museum.











Amy after our morning at the museum.

The inside of Naples Cathedral, with a wedding taking place at the front.








Milan is the center of Italian fashion. Naples? Not so much.











The bride and groom looking... happy? Ish?











"That's so sustainable!"











The street in the Spanish Quarter where I did a street section, complete with plants, hanging laundry, and a Smart car. I had a table to work with until a cabbie came by and randomly took the table away. Oh Naples...









A Smart car... I definitely need to get one of these someday.

The facade of Gesu Nuovo.









Some cool graffiti near Gesu Nuovo.




















An awesome window, also near Gesu Nuovo.




















Our hotel lobby and bar... pretty swank.

And finally... this.

Capri pics

The view of the beach in front of our hotel... just a little nice.









The next three shots are from my hotel balcony... the running joke was that Capri had to be fake, and created by the Disney Imagineers because it's obviously too beautiful to be real.



































Casa Malaparte, where our workshop on Capri took place. We hiked out to this outcropping every day we were on Capri to do sketching assignments, listen to lectures, and have some amazing dinners.






Casa Malaparte and its cliff.












A bunch of us about to take the hotel's shuttle up to the main piazza to start the walk to Casa Malaparte.









Leticia, Monica, and Amy looking sharp.


















Even the cloudy days were nice... this is from Villa San Michele looking back towards the town of Capri.











On the day we went to Villa San Michele and Anacapri, we decided to go to the highest point on the island. In a single-person, open chairlift. Good idea, right?











The view from the chairlift.












I feel like the Von Trapp kids are going to come out singing at any moment.












Amy and a friend on Mount Solara.












Monica, in one of our better photo shoot moments.












Amy's photo shoot gone wrong... the wind was pretty fierce, and made Amy's hair pretty ridiculous.



































Me, with the Faraglioni rocks in the background.








The next few are on the rocky beach in front of the hotel.











You pretty much have to see this water to believe it, it was incredible.






















Me getting ready to take the boat tour around the island.












Some of the cliffs on our boat tour.






























































An overlook on the hike to Casa Malaparte.









A couple pictures of me that accidentally turned out well.



















A beautiful doorway on the hike to Casa Malaparte.












Some cool ironwork on the way to the Casa.













The Faraglioni.


































The infamous photo "sloot"... good times.