Time seems to have slowed down for me here in Sorrento. I'm used to working on a list of goals, even on holiday (for example during our brilliant road trip holiday in the USA last year we had plans for every day, and ski holidays are active by their very nature) so it has taken me some time to get used to this less structured relaxation. The hotel and its grounds are picture postcard beautiful. I am lying on a sun-bed now (in the shade of course!) and it's so peaceful; the turquoise blue pool is surrounded by tall palm trees, and beyond it I can see the Bay of Naples, criss-crossed with the wakes of little boats and a few ferries, with Vesuvius resplendent in the background. And the sky! Azure blue with not a cloud in sight! It really is splendid here! It is also 37 degrees! Readers of this blog will know that I get a big thrill out of swimming outside so naturally I have been in the pool every day and also the sea. And the sea is almost as warm as the pool! There is a lift that takes us down from the upper gardens where the pool is, right down to the sea terrace below. There are more sun loungers there and a wee jetty from which you can climb down into the sea. I cannot describe the pleasure that it gives me to swim and float in the gentle waves in such an amazing setting.
Yesterday afternoon I fell asleep on a sun lounger on the sea terrace. I must have started snoring because I woke myself up with a tremendous snort which was so loud that it even woke James who was dozing beside me! How unladylike!
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