Grand Hotel Cesare Augusto Sorrento

OK, so we're living on an Olive Farm for a while now.<br>Bohemian? Yes<br>Practical? Only when its sunny and only when its not olive picking season.<br>So what season is it now? Olive picking and its raining.<br><br>Welcome to our own little corner of Glastonbury<br>

Since it was raining in Sorrento I decided to skip the Amalfi coast and Capri. With my extra time I wanted to hit the pizza place Di Matteo that was supposedly better than Da Michele. You know me, I'm an equal opportunity pizza eater. I have no loyalties except to whomever serves up the best pie.<br><br>The reason why I hadn't tried Di Matteo previously was because I thought it was only take-away. I walked all around the perimeter of the restaurant before and couldn't see any ...

From Rome we headed south to Positano. Once in Sorento we hired a cab to take us the rest away the way, along a very narrow winding road about 150 meters above the sea. For this driver the lines dividing the highway were merely suggestions and blind corners ************cern. The views were spectacular, however the cliff edge road ...

... umbrella and raincoat got soaked through to our underwear! Next day it rained hard too but did not mind a lazy day with no sightseeing. The city of Naples has a few nice areas but is a really dirty city and one day of sightseeing was plenty. Seeing Naples and Mt. Vesuvius from a distance is the best way to see them but south of Naples and the Almafi coast is not to be missed.

... Capri) &#8212; then headed up to Anacapri, the other small town on the island of Capri. From there, we took a chairlift up to the top of Monte Solaro for the best view of Capri&#8217;s coast and the nearby islands. Afterwards, I went with a few of my friends to find this &#8220;sandal-man&#8221; who we&#8217;d heard sold custom, handmade sandals. It wasn&#8217;t long before we were all being fitted! The sandals I bought were definitely the best &#8220 ...

... cross and then followed them.<br><br>The CitySightseeing buses were a great way to view the city in a short period of time. As the bus navigated around the city streets, we noticed that the car of choice was the smart car. Good thing! I could not imagine driving anything larger in this city! Parking was a premium everywhere! Anywhere you could find enough space the size of a throw rug, you ...

Todays blog won't be as interesting as the others because today simply wasn't as interesting. Everyone is having a real problem with the cattiness on this trip, so to get away from it we hopped the train to Sorrento. Today was our first day off from classes and it was lovelllyyy to sleep in, but I'm missing the field excursions already. They're starting to talk about snorkeling now. HELL... YES!! Sorrento was fun, but it's a major tourest town and everything is really ...

... their faces etc. Incredible. But the most popular thing there by far is the brothel and red light district. One house in particular is always swarming with tourists, as the artwork on the walls of the brothel is incredibly clear. Back when Italy became a nation, and all areas were trying to adopt Italian, the brothels would paint on the walls images depicting the different 'things' the prostitutes could do, so that the men who could not speak the tongue could ...

... own bathroom which was nice. The next day we took a train down to Pompei. Just in case you don't know what Pompei is, it is a sight full of ruins from a town that was distroyed when Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79AD, actually 10 years prior to the Vocano eruption there wss also a major earthquake so the residents of Pompei didn't have much luck. The area around Pompei is massive and includes some fantstic ruins of buildings, churches, streets ...

... please enlighten us??? We ate a sumptuous dinner at home and then Annabelle, Tom and I could stand it no longer. We had to get out there, down on the street and investigate the euphoria, which was rather reminiscent of San Isidro day in Spain. Once down on the street in the local square...words fail me. It was a bizarre scene of DJs, music, boom boxes and masses of people dancing and celebrating. Check ...