There are several themed dinners at our hotel during the week, such as "Candlelight Dinner" (accompanied by piano and violin) or "Sorrentinian Evening" (accompanied by guitar and mandolin) but "Special Fish Market Evening" is definitely the best. This is because it takes place out on the terrace where we eat a variety of quite scary-looking fish while watching small planes water-bombing a brush fire on the slopes of Mount Vesuvius across the bay, and later the sun setting behind the island of Procido. Meanwhile a small band plays Neapolitan music. It really is quite idyllic.
Just when you think that the evening couldn't get any better out come the Tarantella dancers. Two girls in traditional dresses and two young men wearing shirts and tights that are .... well, eye-wateringly tight. This is the kind of display that would usually have me cringing, but the music is lovely and the dancing is very skilful; it all feels just right for the setting and the warm evening.
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