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Torna a Surriento

he commuter train between Naples and Sorrento is a somewhat ramshackle affair. It’s often crowded and always noisy, and it seems to stop at every large tree; but the price is right: a five-euro note will take you the whole way, with enough left over for a at the station bar in Sorrento. After your coffee, as you leave the station on the way to town, you’ll see a bronze statue – actually a bronze bust on a stone pedestal. At first glance, the figure is a bit startling. The subject’s prominent nose say the Bay of Naples is responsible for the vandalism.

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