Today we visited the towns of Positano and Amalfi. The weather was beautiful today, partly cloudy and a brisk Mediterranean Sea breeze. Mom and I woke up early-ish (7:30 am), so we got a somewhat early start in Positano and parked as far down along the slopes as we could. We were just about the only tourists there and it was wonderful. The streets were empty, the beach was empty and it was great! We did more shopping today than we have ever done and I will leave it at that as everyone will see mom’s new clothing soon. There were not many good photo ops in Positano which surprised us as it’s supposed to be a photographers dream… hmmm… not really this one. We walked around for a few hours and since our hotel is in between Positano and Amalfi, we stopped on the way to Amalfi to pee and drop off all the bags. We were then off to Amalfi, where we parked on the marina and headed into the ravine of what Amalfi is. The church was huge and one of the most ornate that we’ve seen so far in Italy. We walked all the way up the ravine as far as we could to see the Paper Mills which were closed, but still interesting to see. We wanted to buy some paper (since it’s made in Amalfi) but it was so expensive, we decided it wasn’t worth it. When we finished with Amalfi, we returned back to the hotel to watch the rest of the sunset and go to the Alimentaire for some cheese and bread for dinner- again. We are also trying to finish the 5 pounds of lemons, oranges, clementines and mandarins that we have before we leave on Friday. We leave the coast tomorrow morning and head to Naples, where we will spend our last day before we leave very early Friday morning. So potentially, this could be my last post before we get back to the states on Friday afternoon (depending if we have internet in Naples). Ciao tutti!
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