Lucky Number 7, hopefully

I have made it to my 7th country, Italy. I started in Milan. I continue to eat my way through Europe; but I guess that is just the way it is supposed to be. Although it could be worse now, since Italian food is a little more fattening than tapas and baquettes. I have found that when I order a pizza, they come out as these plate-covering 16 inch pies, which I am convinced I will never be able to finish. But before I know it, I am folding the last piece and shoving it into my mouth. It must be because they make the crust so thin. Yes, that is what I am going to keep telling myself.
Milan was a pretty interesting city. The highlight was the duomo (or main cathedral) in the center of the city. It is one of the best churches I have seen so far. There were some nice parks, a good shopping area, an old castle that is now a museum, and various other historic monuments and sculptures.
I met a guy from Vietnam and we hung out together to explore the city. He was quite nice, and has offered to show me around Ho Chi Ming City if I can make it to Vietnam while in Asia.

Oh, and if you were wondering, I finally got my vaccination shots.

After just a few days in Milan I went south to Napoli (Naples), Italy. They were right when they waid the further south you go, the less they speak any english. And they seem to get a little less sociable as well. As far as the city goes, Naples doesn't really have anything to offer. It is fairly dirty, and there are many areas that are not very safe to go into. However, there are a lot of good sites around Naples that you can visit from the central location. Unfortunately, theings seemed to be against me and I had difficulty being efficient at getting to these places. The public transportation was pretty plentiful, but the most difficult for me to get a grip on. Places have weird hours, things close early, and I just wasn't able to do as many things as I had planned.
I did make it to Pompei. It was a very interesting ancient ruins of a city that was destroyed by the local volcano (Vesuvius). From Naples you can also get to some nice islands and coastal regions (like Sorrento and Almafi), but I didn't make it there.