We awoke, ate breakfast and then fell back asleep....awoke again and hit the noon ferry to Amalfi/ Ravello. The boat ride was beautiful...you are able to see all the different towns along the way.
Upon arrival we bought a bus (Sicta) ticket from a grouchy OLD lady (she was even nasty to the cutest little Italian boy!) and we walked around Amalfi. We visited shops and watched people, etc... We then walked over to the city stop (near the boat ports). Many Italian teenagers surrounded us and a wedding party (ps- there are weddings every day here, has nothing to do with the weekends). The bus situation rivaled any lunacy of the NYC public transportation...the teenagers bum rushed the bus and they ended up leaving so that they could all sit together and alas we had our own seats and onto Ravello we went.
Up, up, up onto Ravello we went.....we finally got there (the vertical village in the sky) and we walked around, took pictures, visited a mid-evil village and gardens, ate a delicious lunch at a hotel that we almost stayed at Hotel Palumbo (italian tile, what tile!)....Mike managed to have the entire balcony overlooking what seemed like the heavens- just for us! Our waiter showed us around and told us about the art as well as furniture pieces which used elephant tusks (now illegal). Everything so preserved in such great age...amazing....
We then finished walking around and hit the city tour bus which was great -open aired, great italian music (headphones) and topical points about the region....one euro more then the city bus! They played grandpa's songs that he used to sing- beautiful and funny.
We arrived back in Amalfi and took the ferry back to Positano..napped and onto dinner at Max.
Max was beautiful, service amazing. Afterwards we walked back to our hotel, had champagne and oysters (best ever) on hotel balcony's champagne bar.....met a great girl (our server). Afterwards, we went down those stairs to the beach again- to Chez Black, had wine and listened to live (very odd dramatic music) and hung out....then back home....tomorrow Capri! Positano is really beyond beautiful and we both feel so blessed and lucky to be sharing this experience. More to come!
No comments:
Post a Comment