Up early today to catch the 7:30 bus to Sorrento then the train to Pompeii. All goes well and we are buying tickets at Pompeii by 9:45. We have Rick Steve's Guidebook with us so we start right out. LOTS of tours being led around and we are glad not be on one. Rick Steve's book is great and we follow his route right to the end...in about 3 hours. It is an amazing site and the history is so interesting. We are glad to be leaving though as you can walk around just s...

Sadly...ha...today we are spending time on our terrace looking at our beautiful view. The tastes of yesterday's experience with Mamma Agata still lingering in our mouths. There is a beautiful breeze so we do some laundry and hang it to dry on the terrace. The hardest thing we may do today is to decide on just where to eat this evening! The hotel down from us, Tramonto d'Oro, has a ristorante with a lovely terrace so we may try it. We have regained a bit of an ...

A great thunder and lightening storm during the night...of course it would rain the one day we would like it bright and sunny. John was going to come for the lunch part of the day and spend the hours before sketching, but the rain changed his mind. So off Anne and I went on the 7:35 (not crowded) bus. Got into Amalfi at 8 where we changed buses for Ravello. The ride up to Ravello is windy like the Amalfi Coast road but narrow and uphill!!! We found our way to Ma...

Day 9....we stop counting days today! We are spending the day in Praiano...a nice rest after yesterday's day in Capri. Start the day with 9:00 Mass at San Gennaro. Our coffee spot...Bar del Sole...is busy this morning. John and I opt to sit and have cappuccino and cornetto and Anne's walks! Buy some dolce for dinner (only 1 cannoli left but there are some other sweets that look good too) as we are eating in tonight. Sunday in Praiano...families either go out ...

Day 8...and we're off to Capri! The bus to Positano, where we get the boat, leaves at 8:30...Italian time. We board the boat in Positano (after stopping for a cappuccino and cornetto) at 10:15 and the boat ride from Positano to Capri takes about 25 minutes. The marina grande where we dock is a bustle of people so we scurry to get tickets for the funicular to take us up to Capri Town. There too it's very crowded but the view is so lovely you don't really notice...