Hello all!

This is a pre-Opera update!

We had a marvelous morning on 2 tours and lunch!

First up was a tour of the Teatro Massimo which I won't spoil as we will be back tonight for the Opera.

Then we found this little known museum call Stanze al Genio.

The museum is a private house full of tiles that this gentleman has been collecting for 40 years. It was amazing! There is too much to say about this 'museum' in this short email .. but let me say one thing .. the tiles can be divided into two distinct periods and classes: Tiles from Napoli and tiles from Sicily - 18th century established aristocracy and 19th century Nouveau Riche  .. ok, that's 3. We had a private tour in English and Claudia was great!

We then wandered back up to the Piazza Bologni and had lunch watching and spying on the other diners!

... All for now ..

Harold and Marion