Sorrento\Positano 10/2/07

Yesterday, we spent a lovely day in Positano. Well...lovely once we finally got there! The Amalfi Drive is famous for it's constant switch back and hair pin turns, all while going uphill with, seemingly, every other person in the country that has a car. It is PACKED and you'd think that would be a cause for slowing down and driving carefully? NO. To take a quote from one of our Fodor's books (about the drive):

• Don't look down
• Don't look up
• Don't look - it's easier that way (& no one else is!)
• Forget about camels not passing through the eye of a needle
• Timidity will get you nowhere - literally
• The solid center line in the middle of the road is merely a suggestion
• Whoever gets to a lane first has the right of way - it doesn't matter whose side the lane is on

In my opinion, sideview mirrors play the part of "bumper" on cars...not for actually using to see what is behind you. So, it was an adventure. And the road is literally carved into the side of the clif, so all that is holding you up there is a rickety rail, then hundreds of feet of cliffs that go straight into the sea. Apparantly, "they" say that everyone must do it once. So we did. But we also took a boat back at the end of the day. =)

Positano itself is right out of a movie. Gorgeous homes and hotels, beautiful beaches and water. We had a great lunch on the climb down from the bus stop (again, straight downhill on steps), and had a much needed 1\2 carafe of pinot grigio and another panino caprese (my favorite).

We laid on the beach for about an hour and a half or so...there were pigeons everywhere, which is frankly just disgusting. Oh, also (Andrea- you would love this) there is sea glass EVERYWHERE! You only had to stoop down and you could collect a handful of it. Beautiful greens and blues. I collected quite a bit (and have the sore shoulder to prove it, once I dumped it all into my bag!). We then packed up and took another cliff path, about a 10 minute walk, and discovered a small cove with a gorgeous beach. We decided to have a beer and bruschetta at a little beach restaurant, then had to walk back to catch our boat to Sorrento. What a fun ride along the coast! We were drenched at one point, but the weather has just been so perfect here.

Dinner last night at 10 p.m. or so & it was my favorite so far!! Baked gnochhi & Ted had fresh seafood and pasta. Gelatto (of course!) topped off a wonderful day.

K&T