May 10 – The Amalfi Coast is
spectacular!
The Amalfi Coast is a stretch of coastline on the southern coast of the Sorrentine Peninsula in the Province of Salerno in southern Italy. It's a popular tourist destination for Italy as we found out.
The Amalfi Coast is known for its production of limoncello liqueur as the area is a known cultivator of lemons, known as sfusato amalfitano in Italian, which are grown in terraced gardens along the entire coast between February and October.
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| Whooahh! This is nearly the size of a basketball! |
We waited in lines both coming and going to catch the bus. We ended up being in the front of the line as we traveled down the coast in the morning. We chose the best seats in the house...the front seats.! A bit scary, too. We also chose the right side of the bus where the scenery off the cliff and into the ocean was pretty spectacular as well!
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| It's a VERY tight squeeze! |
We got to the town of Sorrento in a couple of hours from our take-off town of Portici. We found out that the trains were having a strike that day at 5:00 p.m., so we needed to make sure to catch the train back to Naples before that time. As soon as we got to Sorrento, we ate our lunch, did a
quick 1/2 hour tour, then hopped back on a return bus. Well....it wasn't that easy!
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| There are old roman statues throughout Europe in every town square. |
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| The famous cathedral in the town of Sorrento |
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| They even grow the red peppers LARGE here. We enjoy them in our lunch. |
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| Posing after our lunch on a beautiful day next to the Mediterranean coastline of Amalfi |
So we hopped back on the bus after waiting in several "bunches" of people (no one knew how to form lines here) and this time we were the LAST ones to get on and the only place was to sit on the front bus steps. Again....we had a fantastic view and took pictures out of the font window. We were very lucky!
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| GEAT seats on the way back up the coast |
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| Watch out - full load of tourists coming |
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| We've had a most enjoyable & unforgettable day here on the Amalfi Coast |
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