The Amalfi Coast

Today we visited the Amalfi Coast of Italy and we had an absolutely beautiful sunny 65 degrees day!

We had breakfast to start our day, and then our private driver came to the hotel to pick us up around 9:00am.  Our first stop of the day was at Positano.  The road to this city and all the other destinations on our tour was probably the curviest road in the world!  However, on this road was some of the most amazing views I have ever seen!  Positano is a city built into a hill.  It is also a very expensive city!  Most of the famous Italians have villas here.  While we were in Positano, we went down to the beach.  It was here that my sister and mom put their feet in the Mediterranean Sea for the first time in their lives.  The water was very cold though, around 55 degrees Fahrenheit  After visiting the beach, we looked around in some of the shops, but they were all very exclusive and expensive.

The second stop of the day was at Ravello.  Here we had lunch at this amazing homemade restaurant.  The lady who was cooking kept giving us food that we did not order, and she did not make us pay for the extras!  The Tiramisu was very good!  I usually do not like Tiramisu but her's was delicious!  After lunch we walked around the very small town and got a couple of pictures.

After Ravello, we drove to the city of Amalfi.  In Amalfi we looked in a couple of the shops and got some gelato.  We also visited the beach there.  However, beaches here are not like beaches back in the USA.  These beaches are very rocky and there is no sand.  However, the water is more beautiful than the ocean water at the beaches back home.

After leaving Amalfi, we ended our tour back in Sorrento.  We then did some shopping in Sorrento and then headed back to our hotel.  Tomorrow we are visiting Naples, Mt. Vesuvius, and Pompeii.  Ciao!