He was sipping his tea but nodded.   "We went up to visit the Pope and then did a tour of Italy looking at the classics and what they were inspired by in person."  Meeting the pope had been impressive to him.  Though confessing there with one of the more holy priests had been quite embarrassing due to some of the things he had been doing recently.

"Looking at the area, I could really see what had drawn some of the best of the artist: Van Wittel, “View of the port of Naples”, Bruegel the Elder, “View of the Port of Naples”, Van Pitloo, “Castel dell'Ovo from the beach”, Turner, “Vesuvius Eruption”, and of course my favorite: Renoir, “The Bay of Naples”."  He thought about it pausing.  "Maybe that is why I enjoy going to look at the sea and beach from different places here.  It is of course no Naples, but it calls to me."