The Birthplace of the Perfect Pie

We arrived in Rome on Saturday evening, and then headed straight to Naples on a bus tour Sunday morning.  We spent a few hours walking around the old part of Naples where most of the old castles and monuments are located.  Here is a picture of the castle that was built by the Norman army in the 1100s.  The Normans used the city as a rallying point and supply stop for crusading armies.

As is common in Italy, there were lots of other interesting monuments and piazzas located around the city:

Naples is also the birthplace of pizza, and most epicurean types argue that the best pies on the planet are still to be found in this bayside metropolis.  Who were we to disagree?

Delish!