![[Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/20190501_184122-1038x576.jpg "Gulf of Naples")
I am taken advantage of today’s national holiday, and am spending an extended weekend in Southern Italy – more precisely, in and around Naples.
![[Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/P5010011-150x150.jpg "Santa Chiara Monastery")
![[Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/P5010012-150x150.jpg "Santa Chiara Monastery")
![[Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/P5010038-150x150.jpg "Piazza Dante")
![[Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/P5010060-150x150.jpg "Crib figurines")
![[Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/P5010062-150x150.jpg "Cathedral")
![[Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/P5010076-150x150.jpg "Cathedral")
![[Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/P5010071-150x150.jpg "Baptistery mosaic")
![[Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/20190501_184122-150x150.jpg "Gulf of Naples")
This blog entry is an abridged version of the original entry in German.