The Amalfi Coast

For our final excursion of the holiday we decided to revisit two of our favourite haunts from 25 years ago - Positano and Amalfi. After some research we decided that the best way to do it would be to take a bus to Positano, then a ferry from there to Amalfi. This worked out tremendously well because the bus dropped us at right at the top of stunningly attractive Positano, whose houses are perched on a very steep slope. This meant that we could gently wend our way down through the narrow streets of the little town to the sea. It was such a beautiful walk; every vista was even prettier than the last. I bought a white summer dress for myself in a wee shop; the owner assured me that "one size fits all" and that due to the heat in Italy I would "lose a few pounds" anyway! She obviously hasn't seen the dessert menu at the Royal! 

After a refreshing spremuta d'arancia in a café (which still didn't really cool me down in the powerful heat!) we jumped on a small ferry which soon brought us to lovely Amalfi.

We wandered through the quaint little lanes and had lunch in the Bar Francese which is right at the bottom of the cathedral steps beside St Andrew's fountain. Cleverly, we sat just inside the open door of the bar, thus benefitting from both the view and the fine air-conditioning! Our bus journey back to Sorrento was certainly interesting, not only for its views but also for the frequent stand-offs between our bus driver and the many other buses we had to squeeze past on the narrow roads.