When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza, you visit the home of the pizza!!Ā There are several variations, and so far, the stromboli and fried pizza have been amazing.Ā
As my European travels start to wind down on this adventure, Iāve found myself staying in hostelsāand getting more comfortable with them than I ever expected.
In Naples, the average hotel costs around ā¬75āā¬100 per night, which is roughly equivalent to the same priceĀ in U.S. dollars. The hostel Iām currently staying in? ā¬28 a nightāand honestly, itās been great.
More importantly, Iāve met some genuinely like-minded people along the way. Good conversations, shared stories, and the reminder that travel isnāt always about where you stayāitās about who you run into when you get there.
Turns out comfort isnāt always about square footage. Sometimes itās just good people and a cheaper bed.
I honestly donāt remember ever paying to visit a museum. Itās just never really been my thing.
But after visiting Athens, and now Naples, the history became impossible to ignoreāand even harder to resist.
So I did something completely out of character and spent my first day in Naples inside the Naples National Archaeological Museum.
And honestly?
I was blown away.
Room after room of artifacts, sculptures, and stories that somehow survived centuriesāand here I was, just standing there in quiet amazement, wondering how this was never on my radar before.
These are some photos and videos from that first dayāproof that even the most stubborn non-museum person can still be humbled by European history.
The weather has been cold and rainy, so Iām still debating how to spend the next day or two here before heading to Rome.
Fortunately, this is where hostels really shine.
Below are just some of the amazing options posted around the hostelāthings to do, places to eat, and budget-friendly ideas I probably wouldnāt have found on my own.
Thatās another underrated perk of staying in hostels:
Someone has already done the homework, and they did it cheaply.
