Month: April 2015

We had a late flight, and rain was forecast, so some serious sightseeing on the cards.

Got lost trying to get to Pompeii which you wouldn’t think possible, but in our defence the signposting is pretty bad.  And the roads unbelievably bad.  But eventually we made it.

Eileen’s comment – pretty impressive!  Bit of an understatement for Pompeii but it will do!

Then on to Herculaneum, and just as we arrived the heavens really opened.  Spent quite a time driving round in the storm just trying to find it (again, virtually no signposts).  Then found it and spent 20 minutes debating whether to get out of the car on the basis that we wouldn’t be able to see much.  There again, if we didn’t go in at all we wouldn’t see anything!

So we did.

Much smaller than Pompeii but more impressive, but sad that it is being left to ruin.  One fresco is being worn away because of rucksacks brushing against it!

Then the final nightmare drive to the airport, and with much amazement returned the car without a scratch.

The forecast was good and we were feeling like a lazy day, so that’s what we did.  A short drive to Minori (short in Amalfi Coast terms – about 45 minutes for 10kms, especially as it’s Good Friday) for lunch on the prom.

Then back to the house and a not too strenuous walk.

The beach in Praiano where we sat the other day.

And sunset from our balcony.

And the Agriturismo for the final time.  Unfortunately being Good Friday too much fish and not enough meat for our taste.

A good start to the day – a wonderful photo book of NZ from Joanna and a wonderfully sunny morning on the terrace – a quick reminder of how it looks without fog.

Then a nice lazy day with views of the Amalfi Coast.

And a short boat ride around a cave.  The blue light is natural and the captain gives a pretty good rendition of ‘O Sole Mio’ in order to demonstrate the echo.

The birthday girl ..

…. writing a postcard to NZ, so goodness knows when it will arrive.

View upwards to the road from our terrace.

And having found the Agriturismo restaurant near our house, there was no question of where to go for dinner.

More low cloud again this morning, so in order to escape we head for Ravello.  Beautiful little town perched high up in the mountains.  Not that easy to work this one out, but it is looking straight down from the terrace.

Here we are.

And as the clouds lift a bit, we stop for afternoon tea with an amazing view.

But a lot of today has been about parking and windy roads.  Spent quite a bit on parking, which is a good thing as it means we were able to.  One of our bemusements is how on earth the Amalfi Coast copes in summer – or perhaps it doesn’t.  Anyway, we stopped off in Amalfi on the way back (now knowing where to park) and then the windy road back from Amalfi to our house.  Pretty scary, but getting used to being overtaken in the most unlikely of places ….