Today was a long traveling day for us. We left Martina Franca and our hotel around 9:30 this morning and after much debate and asking everyone, we decided to go a northern route on the Autostrade to the west coast rather than the way we were planning on going through the mountains. So we set off, stopping in Locorotondo on the way at a supermarche to buy some sale marino (the special salt from this area that is soo good), some pasta, a couple of baguette’s and some coffee. On the Autostrade we were able to go faster (about 140-150 km/hr; 90-100mph) so the 300 km to Naples went by fairly quickly… about 2- 3 hours with stopping to fill up with gas and etc. We were told that driving on the Amalfi coast would be difficult and some people couldn’t believe we were even driving on the coast- well as we found out, this drive was nothing compared to what we drove on the Gargano Peninsula. The roads here are curvy and small, but there is a wall before the cliff heading down to the water, so it feels safer. Plus, mom got to use her pista kart (go-cart) skills again. It took us about an hour or so once we got onto the coast to get to Praiano (going through Amalfi and some other smaller towns). It is beautiful here. Our hotel is right on the water and is called Hotel Tramonto D’Oro. We could never afford to stay here during the peak season, so it’s perfect now. We are even in the cheapest room (supposedly without a sea view) but we have a partial sea view and a huge balcony. It will be hard to leave here to go visit anything else, but I know we’ll make our way around and see Positano, Ravello, Amalfi and just explore some of the little towns and the coastline on this peninsula. We will hopefully also be able to go to the restaurant that Omi’s hairdressers family owns in Amalfi. We also now have internet, which is very exciting so we should be able to be online more often. Yeah!
This one above picture is the restaurant at Masseria Chiancone Torricella in the trulli's, where we stayed for the past 5 nights!
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