Amalfi

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It took a bit of maths...not so easy after a couple of wines/beer...we needed to be up really early to catch the train to Sorrento before the queues started for the bus to Amalfi...
and just as well we did as we certainly left quite a queue behind..
The bus took 2 hours over the peninsula and the views both sides was fantastic...who actually needed to go see Amalfi?? But that was a bonus too..

We wandered through the narrow streets & stalls & hundreds of people. Into the 9th century Duomo (San Andre) which dominated the small fishing town. Down the waterfront to the boats & admired the town from across the bay while we put our feet in the water.

A very picturesque day...& the weather was perfect as most of the haze had disappeared.
Somehow we managed to get front seats on the bus home...not even standing room left on the bus...I forgot the Italians don't mind packing you in to get people moved!

Home by 4pm & a wander down to our local waterfront for a seat in the fresh air...

The town was one of the first centres of paper making in Europe, the skill having been acquired by the Amalfitans from the Arabs. The museum is housed in an ancient paper mill which was once owned by the Milano family, a family famous in Amalfi for its involvement in the production and manufacture of paper. At one stage paper was forbidden to use (1220AD) as parchment paper was a better preserved form for documentation.

The bronze statue of Saint Andrew in the cathedral was sculpted by Michelangelo Naccherino, a pupil of Michelangelo.

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Comments

[John]

Great photo's again
The scenery is just stunning guys :)