Sunday, June 11, 2023

Right across the street was an excursion office, and we were able to book an all day trip to the Amalfi Coast. And for only 60 Euros!

It took about 20 minutes to be transported to the port, and then it was over an hour to motor to Amalfi.

The forecast for the coast was not good, but I started my HIGH PRESSURE CHANTS. The rain did come, however. But like everything in life, it passed AFTER I found this dry place to rest.

We had 3 hours to explore in Amalfi and then motored west to Positano.

I took SO MANY PICTURES that I am overwhelmed with trying to decide what to post.

Unfortunately, we did not have the same positive feeling about Positano. We disembarked, and we were overrun by lines of people.

Since it was SO crowded, we stopped at the first restaurant that could handle 5 of us. We made the most of it, of course

The entire coast is so spectacularly beautiful that I just can’t choose photos.  I will post my Best of the Best once I get home and can really see my pictures on my big monitor. 

We were content to get “home” and enjoy a cocktail by our pool along with our “forbidden” cheese from my lunch. 

On the way to dinner, we heard the church bells ringing and caught this procession passing in front of our hotel, heading to the church.

We learned this is a tradition the first Sunday of every June honoring the Body of Christ.  Flowers are placed everywhere.

It was a little challenging finding a place to eat.  The first restaurant said they were only allowing locals.  As a side note, we have found many restaurant servers are not very friendly.  But the restaurant that finally allowed us in was VERY NICE and great food .

We ate at 10pm, followed by gelato.  Eating late is THE thing here. That is so hard on my body. I will be ROLLING myself off the plane Thursday night.  That is, if the smoke from Canada doesn’t mess up my return flight through Dulles.