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Stationed in Gaeta, Italy (60 miles north of Naples) on the Sixth Fleet Flagship (USS Albany CG10). Rode trains from Formia station to Naples and back. Round trip ticket was something like 5,000 lire or roughly $4.00. Going through tunnels in the mountains, sometimes the cars would lose power to the lights, so you're speeding along about 60 or so in almost total darkness. If you were lucky in 2nd class seating, you got a roomette (like you see in the movies), or, you might get to sit on church pews. If you got on an espresso, you usually made the trip to Piazza Garibaldi (downtown Naples) in about 45 minutes. If you were dumb enough to get on a locale, you would make the same trip in about 3 hours. <br /> <br />Actually, I thought the train service there was excellent. I met quite a few people on the trains, carried on conversations with them in my stumbling Italian and their rather excellent English. (Italian students must have a written understanding of English in order to graduate.) All in all, though, I had a great time there. Miss the food, miss the fun, and miss the carefree life I had then, even while in the Navy.
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