Week 7 Minori

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Il Paradiso

Minori is a small village filled mainly with locals and not too many tourists. This was great for us as we became part of the community very quickly. The fruit and veg shop, the butcher, the baker, the entoca(wine shop) all became our friends as we shopped daily for our needs.

Every day we would hit the beach for a few hours and swim in the crystal clear Mediterranean. The kids had a ball on some kayaks while Mark would do his gelati swim a lap across and back of the bay front, once finished he felt he deserved a gelati. The beach was about 500m long. We never needed a watch because the church bells went off every 15 minutes which we really loved.

Mark and I found another wonderful pasticceria where we would have our early morning coffee and zippula.

There are not enough words to describe this wonderful place. Each night as we sat on the balcony with our glass of wine, watching the lights in the valley and coast slowly flicker on, we pinched ourselves wondering why we had been so lucky.

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Photos

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Dinner on the Terrace

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Minori at Dusk

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The girls kayaking at the beach

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Part of the 163 steps to get the gate of our "il paridiso" it was worth the effort and it ment that you could have an extra dolce or gelati & step it off!

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The view from the steps to Ravello

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Terraced olives on the way to Ravello

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Washing is never a chore with a view like this

Minori Meet the locals 1
Our favourite bar & pasticceria for our morning Caffe Latte & Caffe Lungo with a Zippola (a sensational italian donut)

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Michele's fruit shop, the most fantastice fruit-peaches & nectrines especially

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The local Pescheria

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Sofia, Silvia & Crescenzo & Mark at the local store

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Harriet, Mark, Carlo, Anna & Lucy at the cafe for our afternoon Birra & Limoncello

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Shorty & gang playing cards on the waterfront

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Helen, Harriet, Lucy, Teresa, and Gabriella (our landlords)

Goodbye Minori
Helen & Lucy's faces say it all