Residence Hotel Casamalfi

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 ...

... advice on where to go in the area. Good location to go north (to Naples and Pompeii) and south to Positano and Almafi (which is a hair raising but spectacular drive). We also took the boat to Capri which is a beautiful island and especially loved the Blue Grotto. First time we ran into some rain and we were at Pompeii for about 2 hours before it started raining .. even ...

... a few minutes to catch the purple bus, which traveled to the South West along the Bay of Naples to the residential area of Posillipo. On the return, the Castel del'Ovo and Santa Lucia appeared to be quite visible. Getting off the bus in front of the Stazione Marittima, on via Cristoforo Colombo (street), we crossed the street and walked through some of the street markets. After some casual ...

... trip becomes 800 euro real fast in that case. So, this year, we decided to approach Amalfi from the sea, which seemed appropriate for the study of a maritime republic. Arrangements were made through Audrey for reservations on the coastal ferry. We had a rain out on Tuesday so we moved the trip to Wednesday. The ferry trip went fine, although two students got seasick. They were very brave ...

... we were extremely happy to get out as soon as possible. our impression was dirty, scary, and hot. but here we are at the amalfi coast happy and relaxed. the coast is dotted with towns that hug the cliffs and overlook the mediterranian. our little town of minori even has a little beach where we spent the entire day to celebrate judy's birthday. today was a hike up and around a canyon where we got terrific views, when we weren't being swarmed by flies that ...

... as moulds after they were trapped in the ashes. They were crouching and hiding their eyes and mouths from the deadly gases. We also saw the houses, shops and temples that had been part of what was a very prosperous town. After 2 hours in the dusty hot streets of Pompeii we decided a hike up the dusty volcano in the sun would be a great idea so off we went in our little car. The trip up the mountain was pretty strange as the area is quite suburban with lots of ...

... a car, and at times, two busses!!! Not for the ones with motion sickness!!! Atrani was the little town where we stayed, with a beautiful Piazza, where the locals gather to socialize and have a glass of wine or three. A few days on the beach here was gorgeous, and made more entertaining by the game of spotting those around us in ...

... museum. Our excellent guide Margot explained how the mill had produced paper from old cotton clothes since the Chinese had introduced the idea hundreds of years ago. There had been sixty seven cotton paper mills in Amalfi producing the highest quality artist's paper and writing paper, but now there are only two. The workers had operated the machinery in the harshest conditions, many suffering deafness and frostbite. It was one of the best museum tours I have ever done. Next week ...