SUMMER 1963 TOUR, p.21

Ben Oostdam's Autobiography: Naples itself was outrageously crowded. A long time we were caught behind a high-loaded donkeycart, which made Rose feel very sorry. We passed thousands of children, cars, and delapidated houses, but the harbor seemed out of reach. We then followed miles of donkeys-packed roads out of Naples and towards the majestic Vesuvius and it was getting dark when we finally pitched our tent in a garden behind a restaurant in Pompeji. In stark contrast to my first visit hereabouts on the Dutch aircraft carrier "Karel Doorman", 13 years earlier when we cruised off Naples and wanted ashore, I now would have liked to see the coast and the sea but could not... In 1960, Sophia Loren and Clark Gable appeared in this fine movie (right) and I must admit a certain infatuation with the former and admiration for the latter... In 1963 - year Rose and I "did" Naples - Sophia appeared in "The Fall of the Roman Empire" with a.o. Alec Guinness and Omar Sharif as well as in "Ieri, oggi, domani" (yesterday, today, tomorrow) with Marcello Mastroianni It Started in Naples BLO fecit 20030321_3 [Shock and Awe- days] COMMENTS ? - next page