After a leisurely start to the day, which began with breakfast being delivered at 9am while watching an episode of Modern Family, I was finally packed and ready to leave my apartment at 10:10am. Chiara gave me a nice farewell gift of a ceramic bell and I then walked to the main train/bus terminal. The bus to the Napoli International airport was due to depart at 10:30 and as it was only a 5 minute walk, I made it there in plenty of time. The bus arrived at the airport just after 12pm and I must say, paying for the "speedy bag drop" with EasyJet was well worth it! There was a huge queue lined up to drop off bags and when I saw the sign for the speedy drop off, I asked the lady if ... read more

No need to rush to get up this morning - yay! I love this little boutique hotel - my room is super cute and the bathroom is lovely. My breakfast was ready for me at 9:30 and I was the only person in the breakfast room. Going by the number of tables, I think there are only 5, maybe 6, rooms. I would certainly recommend anyone stay at the Twice-Naples Hotel. After breakfast I checked out. The girl in reception was so lovely, she even wanted a photo with me before I left. I decided to walk to the Central Train station as i knew I just needed to stay on the main road my hotel was on. It was a lot easier doing the walk back to the station than it was on my arrival. ... read more

Today we explored more Amalfi Coast towns - this time we headed in the opposite direction and first stopped at our sister town, Maiori. Clare and I decided to walk along the coast to Maiori and met the group there. Maiori has a lot of little beachside bars and is a cute town. There was a local market on today so we wandered up through that - but it was all pretty tacky stuff and I don't think anyone bought anything. I walked up to see the local church - nothing fancy but nice little local church. I then sat in a cafe for a while, having a macchiato and watching the locals going about their business. We met back at the bus at 11:15 and then drove to Vietri sul Mare - this town is ... read more

Today was all about the thrill of the ride! We left Minori for our drive along the Amalfi Coast with Positano as our destination. Spectacular scenery everywhere you look - that's if you can keep your eyes off the road and the crazy drivers we have to contend with. The worse are those people on scooters! We might be trying to navigate ourselves to pass a bus or truck coming the opposite way and all the while, these little annoying scooters (that I said remind me of mosquitoes) are zipping in and around us. There was more than one time we nearly squished a scooter (and its rider haha). Finally we were in Positano! André dropped us off up the top and we then walked with Michele down to the seaside, as he pointed out points ... read more

Our day started this morning with a visit to a local Buffalo Mozzarella factory. This place has about 25 people working on the production of this delicious cheese. All the buffalo were out the back, eating their morning meal after being milked for the day. The milk from that morning was already being processed into curd, then into the gooey stuff that forms the balls of Mozzarella. These balls are then dropped into a salt solution - when they are fresh they float but once they absorb the solution they sink, which means they are ready for packaging. The owner said that this cheese is best eaten within the first four days after production - last night we had some of this for our entree and I can honestly say I have never had such fresh, ... read more