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BikeAbout Log

At 6:00 PM May 15, 1998
Sunrise (local): 5:47 a.m. Sunset (local): 8:12 p.m.	Weather 75°F
Traveled Since Last Dispatch 21 mi / 34 km Cumulative Total 4877 mi / 7854 km	Lat: 40° 50' 40" N Lon: 14° 14' 10" E Elev: 846 ft / 258 m

Fast Facts

Where We Are: Napoli, also known as Naples
Where We're Staying: with our hosts Gino and Rossana, and Clara
Places We Visited: Napoli by bike, subterranean Napoli, Pizzeria Michele, ITCS school of Napoli, San Marino museum, Napoli by night
Featured Site: subterranean Napoli
Person of the Day: Giuseppe Sambri
What We Ate:: Food of the Day: pizza margherita; Breakfast: cereal, toast, and coffee; Lunch: gnocchi with tomato sauce, proscuitto and mozzarella, potatoes and fruit; Dinner: pizza margherita; Olive count: 2144
Word of the Day: the simple phrase "pizza margherita is enough to make any Neapolitan's (person who lives in Napoli) mouth water. In fact, when you belly up to a table at a pizza restaurant and proudly say to the waiter "pizza margherita," you are doing more than just ordering food; in Napoli, you are participating in a way of life (see today's Food of the Day for more about this ritual).
Tech Fact of the Day: Italian food is really Chinese food in disguise: Flat Count (Cumulative): 29; Broken Spoke Count (Cumulative): 32


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