Bonnie Alberts – one of the four authors of the Napoli Unplugged Guide to Naples
“I don’t see how an American can ask me if Naples is safe!”
Bonnie Alberts is an American, a well-travelled American, who has lived in Naples, Italy for a decade.
“I don’t understand the reputation – it’s a breathing, working city.”
Vesuvius at the end of the Lungomare in Naples, Italy
When light bounces off the sea, then rises up through blue sky towards the sun it takes your heart with it … at least it does on the seafront in Naples, Italy. It’s impossible to resist, like a balloon freed by the breeze, up and up it goes.
Yesterday was one of those days.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (portrait by Stieler 1828)
There are names I heard at school that are still buried beneath teacher dust. Names I’ve never looked at again – unreachable, academic names. Goethe was one of them.
Then, a few weeks ago, I bumped into him on the internet and I read his notes on Naples. They were a happy find.
The Phraser 