Sorrento!!

Ok, so it has been a while since I have had extended internet access, but i still want to write about Sorrento and the Amalfi coast, our stop after Rome. We stayed for 4 nights, and it was an amazing time with beautiful weather. Here is Trillion and I with some of the coastline in the background. Part of it is the city of Sorrento, where we stayed. Our place was about a two minute walk to one of the few sand beaches in the area. There was also a decent sized harbor there with fishing boats.

On our first day we drove down the Amalfi coast, which is on the south side of the peninsula (Sorrento is on the north, and across the bay from Sorrento is Naples). It was a crazy drive with the road mostly not wide enough for two normal sized cars. Then it was onto Paestum, some Greek ruins further down south, and then Trillion and I got dropped off at Pompeii. Pompeii, as you may well know, was a Roman city buried under ash from mt. Vesuvius after its eruption almost 2000 years ago. The volcano is still very much active, and many scientists believe a major eruption could occur soon. The roman city is incredibly well preserved and really interesting. This is me in the forum with the volcano ominously in the background.

The next day was our Capri day, and what a day it was. We rented a boat and drove it to the famous and Luxurious island, which is just off the end of the peninsula I discussed earlier. It took us about an hour to get there, but much longer if you factor in trying to find a place to port. Then We took a funicular to the city of Capri, bused to Anacapri, and took a single seat chair lift to the top of mt. Salerno for a stunning view.

We left port and boated around the island for a while to find good places to swim. Thanks to our spectacular captain and navigator (see my facebook profile picture) we were successful. Jim actually did most of the boat driving and did a great job. This is my first video upload onto here, so I hope it works.

Finally on our last day we stayed around Sorrento. It was a much needed day of relaxing after a bunch of busy days in a row. Sorrento is a great city with lots if interesting shops. The whole area is famous for its lemon trees, and Sorrento in particular is known for lemoncello. There are even a few shops that offer free samples! I found a good looking restaurant online called da Giginos, and it turned out to be a great place. They served us prosecco when we sat down and had great pizza and lasagna. All around it was a great time. I can't wait til I come back on my yacht in a few years!