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Exploring three more Amalfi Coast towns - Maiori, Vietri sul Mare and Cetara

Europe » Italy » Campania » Minori September 14th 2018

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

A day on the Isle of Capri

Europe » Italy » Campania » Minori September 13th 2018

The town of Amalfi

Noice Different Unusual

We have an exciting day planned for today, as we are heading to the Isle of Capri by ferry! We all met down at the Minori jetty at 8:45, even though our ferry wasn't due to depart until 9:10. Of course it wasn't on time but was only a few minutes late and we boarded and were on our way. We settled in upstairs for our two hour trip, positioning ourselves in the best spot for photos along the way. We actually got to see the whole coastline that we had driven along the previous day, and the ferry made stops at Amalfi amd Positano, so it was nice to see these places from another perspective. Once we arrived on Capri, Michele explained to us some of the things we could do today. The ferry stops ... read more

Positano and Amalfi

Europe » Italy » Campania » Minori September 12th 2018

Positano - beachside

Noice Different Unusual

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

Nice place to relax - if you have the time!

Three Villas in 1 day - Minori and Ravello

Europe » Italy » Campania » Minori September 11th 2018

Ground level of the Roman Villa, Minori

Noice Different Unusual

Hapoy birthday Lachlan Craig! A few of us joined Michele this morning at 9:30 to go for a short walk to a Roman Villa in our town of Minori. This Roman Villa is almost 2,000 years old and it dates back to the 1st century AD probably in the times of Emporer Tiberius when it was fashionable to leisurely pass time in quiet and peaceful places. Tiberius himself spent the last few years of his life (14 - 17 AD) on the Isle of Capri. The ground floor of this villa was well preserved because it had been buried by various floods and by the debris of the above houses and was therefore protected from further damage. It was discovered by chance in 1932 and excavations began in 1934. It was buried again by a disastrous ... read more

Exploring Paestum and cooking with the Baroness

Europe » Italy » Campania » Minori September 10th 2018

The map of Paestum showing the central city

Noice Different Unusual

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

The ruins that show how the town was laid out

Amalfi Spring

Europe » Italy » Campania » Minori April 29th 2017

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Minori While the group went to see how buffalo mozzarella was made and to a ceramic hot spot I slept in and ventured our at 10. I headed down to a cafe for coffee, sat down and waited and waited while the wait staff lounged and refused to make eye contact. Finally I had enough and found the waiter chatting up his buddy. "I guess you don't want to serve me" says I. "I'm coming" says he. "I'm going" says I and I did. So many cafes to choose from no need to put up with rudeness. I think There is a bias against women alone here. Found another cafe and sat in the sun enjoying my morning coffee. Wandered around a bit and my tummy said it was lunch time so I returned to the ... read more

Brief history of Italy

Italy became a nation-state in 1861 when the city-states of the peninsula, along with Sardinia and Sicily, were united under King Victor EMMANUEL II. An era of parliamentary government came to a close in the early 1920s when Benito MUSSOLINI establis...more history

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