Monezza

I finally made it down to my beloved Sorrento. First time this year! I think they all thought I had left the country! I went to visit a friend in Castellammare di Stabia and witnessed the rubbish problem first hand. They manage to keep Sorrento clean for the tourists no doubt but as soon as you hit Castellammareit is shocking. The rubbish is piled up everywhere as you can see from the photo. It is about time the government sorted it out.

I recently went to watch the film Gommora which is based on the book by Roberto Saviano. Saviano is now under police guard after writing this book om the Camorra (the Neapolitan mafia). I read the book so I made RB take me to watch the film. Half way through the film a guy I know from Sorrento is in it!!! I obviously screamed out oh my god I know him, much to the embarrassment of RB! Apparently they used alot of non-actors. The majority of the film is in Neapolitan dialect and subtitled in Italian. It is definitely worth seeing. It rather disturbing how bad life and the living conditions are some areas of Naples such as Scampia. Anyway, I bumped into the 'movie star' as he works on the door of one of the clubs in Sorrento and my drunk friend (that hasn't even seen the film) asked for his autograph!!!

Italy are into the Quarters of Euro 2008! Yip hee!!