The Amalfi Coast

Ok, I think I am running out of superlative adjectives here, so I will just say that this place is really, realy, really, pretty. And good. We took a hydrophoil

over the bay of Naples to Sorrento to catch a bus to our final destination, Priano. A small town on the Amalfi Coast that we heard was a little less touristy than the rest. This will be our vacation from our vacation, a time to just hang out on the beach and on our balcony and just loaf.
The bus ride from Sorrento to Priano was breathtaking. The road is about wide enough for a suburban, but somehow two buses manage to run past each other. Some times, buses come to a complete stop to inch past each other on these hairpin turns. Check this road out.

It is about 500 feet down and the road runs right on the edge of the cliff. Again, the honking around the corners so that you know a giant bus is barreling down the road.
This area is so beautiful it defies my poor vocabulary.

The sea is gorgeous and the mountains rise up out of it so dramatically and keep going up and up and up.


Cinque Terre seems like foothills compared to this place. Now, we didn´t even get to explore this whole area. An island called Ischia (is-kee-ah), the island of Capri (Ka-pree), we were told that these were not to be missed, but we have been running around enough, and find this little place to be as good as anyone could ask for. I mean, we went to use the Internet and this place was perched on the side of a cliff and we just sat there afterwards watching the most goregous sunset.

This place was truly paradise.
We splurged on a hotel
with a balcony

so we could realy enjoy our time here. Those vines in front are grapes, which actually dried up and became the sweetest raisins that we snacked on.
Some beach loafing, some fresh seafood dinners and some rest made us happy campers.


On to Espana....