Situated outside the city of Sorrento on the mountainside overlooking the ridiculously perfect Amalfi Coast, this family owned B&B served as our home base during visits to Sorrento, Capri, and Positano for the weekend.

Early start today to get on the road to Naples. Along the way we went past the big Italian war field with all the crossed, but unfortunately, it was a foggy morning so we couldn't really see it. It was fairly fitting that it was today - Anzac Day - that took us past there. Naples was pretty dirty looking so were glad to be just catching a ferry ...

Back on the dreaded bus at 7 am for a long day traveling to Pompeii and the seaside resort of sorrento. The route from Rome wasw scenic, traveling along the Mediterranean coast, past Naples and in the shadow of Mt. Vesuvius. The coastal road is on the top of cliffs that drop sharply into the water. We reached Pompeii in about 3 hours and joined ...

TUESDAY, 30th May I was very careful with what I ate at breakfast. We piled on to the bus for the short trip into town to view the showrooms of an inlaid wood factory. A display of highly polished timber masterpieces. No factory as such. All probably made elsewhere. All far too expensive for our tastes. We had some time to ourselves so walked do...