Last Sunday's pizza from Via Napoli was one of their new offerings, Mergellina, containing, quoting from their menu, Yellow Heirloom Tomatoes (Vesuvio), Fior Di Latte, Octopus, Mussels & Neapolitan Tarallo.
But this put me in mind of the original Mergellina, from 38 years ago, on my first trip to Europe. An Israeli backpacker whom I had met in Corfu, and I had stayed at the youth hostel there. We had a great day trip to Capri and night in town. The hostel was perfectly adequate for poor backpackers, but the one thing that has stuck in my mind was that some families who had been displaced by the 1980 Irpinia Earthquake occupied some floors there. As far as I can tell the hostel is still there after all these years, still with good views of the harbour, being on a hill, but has mixed reviews.
As I commented in the original post on Naples, I must go back some day.
