Blogs from Positano, Campania, Italy, Europe - page 3

A few thoughts Visiting Positano this time of year is pretty good. Some of the restaurants and hotels are not yet open for the season but many good ones are and you don't usually need reservations. The temp can require a light jacket or fleece at times, but it is very pleasant generally, particularly in the sun. You are glad of the cooler temps when climbing the hill once or twice a day. Looks like everyone will be open around the 15th. You can stay at the beach area, and then you have to walk up to much of the shopping and restaurants. You can stay higher and then you must walk down to many good restaurants and shopping. No matter where you stay you are going to be walking up and down steep hills a ... read more

Awakening at 4 A.M. despite a sleeping pill proved to be a losing proposition, and only lasted through an hour or more of e-mails etc. when next I became aware, it was 11:30, and so breakfast became lunch With added cappuccino. Actually, a glass of Greco di Tufo goes very nicely with cappuccino and spaghetti con agile, olio, y pepperoncini. The heart shape in the milk froth shaped the morning actually early afternoon). the free glass of limoncello may have been a little much for starting that day, but what the heck - it was forced on me. The walk down into the heart of town is manageable, although coming back up was a little more challenging. As always in Positano, the views are spectacular. The hillsides are covered with buildings and terraces for growing lemons. ... read more

And this is our hotel in Positano on the Amalfi Coast: http://www.hotelposeidonpositano.it/ Can't you just feel the ocean breeze and smell the salty air? Tom is a bit nervous about heights, I think he may need to get over that during the week we are there! 12 days ..... Ciao!... read more

Capri and Ana Capri tours today!!! I'm sorry this is taking me so long to write but so much happened that I could probably write a book about it. I will try not to go into too much detail because the pictures will speak for themselves. The tour was probably one of the most amazing ventures for all of us. I'm not one for big crowds and being herded like caddle through tiny street packed with busses BUT it was worth it because everything about the tour was spectactular. We started off on an insnaely early/terrifying cab ride down the mountain side to the city of Sorrento. Sorrento is definitely more spacioius than Positano but its not as high so the view is no where near beautiful. We were also told that Sorrento has an exciting ... read more

We woke up to a rather cool, brisk morning. Our hostess, Tiziana, had breakfast served to us on our balcony, allowing us to take in the early-morning view of Positano freshly lit by the morning light. Chonsa and I ate breakfast first, while Liliana stayed asleep until later. We were supposed to go to Capri today on a boat tour with a group called Cassiopea, but I asked Tiziana to call them to ask if the tour was still on. On Saturday afternoon, I had spoken to Roberto, one of Cassiopea’s owners and he had told me that the weather forecast predicted high winds, which meant there was a strong likelihood that we would not be able to go to Capri. As it turned out, he was right. While it is relatively calm in Positano, the ... read more