Amalfi Coast Idyll

The next morning we were fresh and read to go for a day of coast town exploration with our full complement of 18 people. We set out for Sorrento, in a caravan, and our first test upon arriving was to find parking. No such luck...so we found ourselves in the adjacent town, Sant'Agnello. We parked near a lookout point that overlooked a marina and some dwellings set into the sea cliff.

We walked through an open air flea market and then continued along the main drag until we got to Sorrento proper, which was a very cute little town with lots of pedestrian shopping streets.

We found a little liquor shop where this Italian guy would pour us shots of anything we wanted to try, including various types of Limoncello, a lemon-based liqueur, for which the region is famous. After we were pleasantly buzzed and had our alcohol purchases, we headed for a lunch spot. After lunch, on the walk back to the car, my Uncle Jeff stopped at a little bakery and bought an assortment of these adorable little mini ice cream cones for dessert. Not only were they tasty, but they were cute!

We decided we still had another town in us, and decided to drive to Positano. We parked on a hill above town to avoid the congestion below. The only problem was, not everyone wanted to walk down, and more importantly, all the way back up. So, we split up. One way or another, we all saw Positano, which is fairly touristy. But, you can definitely see why...the whole town looks like a postcard!

That evening, we made dinner at the villa. We cooked up quite a feast including enormous casks of vino, courtesy of a stop that Dad and Aunt Monica made at Carrefour (European Costco) when they made the run to the airport the night before.