Bongiorno! October 2015, Positano, Italy. No hesitation. I like Positano, Capri, Amalfi, Sorrento, Italy. I was 7 years and nine months.
DanDan returns to Sorrento and Capri
POSITANO, NAPLES, POMPEII, VINEYARD, RAVELLO, AMALFI COAST
FLIGHT. Over the northern Italian alps, towards Naples. I visited there in 2008 when 6 months old. Next five days I will scout Amalfi Coast.
ARRIVED. White MB Vito car was waiting us at Naples Airport
ARRIVED. Giuseppe aka Peppe was our driver for several days
- Positano is after the next big rock to the left
- Positano, houses built onto 45 degree mountain sides
- Hotel Eden Roc was our base for five nights and days
- Room 212 was castle type, space, light, balcony
- From my show place I can see the sea
- View from Hotel Eden Roc room 212: Tyrrhenian Sea
- Islands on the right: Sirenuse aka Gallos Islands 6,5kms from us
- I enjoyed the view over Positano and the sea
- Italian style paintings in hotel's corridors
- At lobby level, breakfast restaurant and bar for wine tasting
- At 5th floor, our dinner restaurant with sea, moon and stars
- I think I like Positano
- Roadside sitting place
- The Positano Beach, Spiaggia Grande, our hotel up there, middle
- Positano Cemetery on top of the rock on the right
- Positano Beach cafes and restaurants
- For local children Positano has elementary and middle school
- Scuolabus goes around and collects kids to Positano schools
- Positano Beach cafes, hotels and restaurants
- No new houses allowed, olds houses and roads are fixed
- We saw donkies and mules, practical here in material transport
- Fish Woman statue at Positano Beach
- My B/W moment at Positano Beach on a rainy afternoon
- Local Italians do fishing, in mountains they hunt mainly birds
- My B/W moment at Positano Beach cafe on a rainy afternoon
- During the winter months Amalfi Coast and Positano are closed
- One night we experienced a furious thunderstorm, flaming
- I think I like Positano
- Ristorante Buca di Bacco at Positano Beach, open since 1916
- Shrimps, octopus, fish, salad - good!
- From hotel to beach through narrow lanes and steps
- Restaurants in Positano had good quality
- Sirenuse aka Gallos Islands are 6,5kms from Positano
- There, the beautiful but dangerous Seirēnes lured sailors
- In 1988 Rudolf Nureyev bought Gallo Lungo of Gallos Islands
- History of Gallo Lungo: a monastery and later a prison
- Today we drive to small coastal towns, Ravello and Amalfi
- La Praia Beach, Praiano, on the way to Amalfi and Ravello
- Peppe told that Italians used to learn French, now English
- La Praia Beach, Praiano, on the way to Amalfi and Ravello
- Life at Amalfi Coast: work 6 months and watch TV 6 months
- On the way from Positano to Amalfi and Ravello
- Here, lemon grows, no work needed, fruits picked May & December
- This road is 750 years old and took 150 years to build
- Before reaching Amalfi town we passed Sophia Loren's villa
- Famous coastal monasteries are now hotels or empty
- Hello Ravello! Hello Piazza Duomo!
- Ravello is famous for operas performed all summer
- Inside Duomo di Ravello church, Cathedral of Ravello
- Ravello town is 950 meters above Amalfi town
Ravello CRAB!
- Clay factories, a shop in Ravello
- He is Flavio Gioia who "probably invented" the magnetic compass ...
- Marking with X this original Fiat 500 near Amalfi Beach
- The Amalfi Beach of Amalfi town
- Long ago Republic of Amalfi was powerful and minted its own coins
- Leaving Amalfi and Ravello, heading back towards Positano
- Amalfi Coast is 36kms wide and has many hiking paths
- Finally I returned to Sorrento, and I like it! Tipi-tii!
- In Sorrento again, my first visit here was in 2008
- Uh oh, Sorrento is so many things!
- In 1920s many Italians moved to America, now back as tourists
- Roman city of Pompeii was destroyed by Mount Vesuvius 79 AD
- Eruption date versions: August 24 or October 24, 79 AD
- Pompeii was a major city with 20.000 inhabitants
- 2000 years ago each family in Pompeii had 3-4 slaves
- Before Vesuvius erupted its size was much bigger than today
- Road + water path with step stones. Carriages got through, too
- City of Pompeii had 20.000 people of which 1.150 bodies found
- 6M people live near Vesuvius, if eruption, 600K needs to be evacuated
- Pompeii was bigger than we expected
- The main street, one kilometer long east-west line
- I found Pompeii rather interesting Roman town
- An administration square? I am Administrator!
- Forum of Pompeii, Temple of Apollo, Temple of Jupiter
- BaBa, kind of volcano, meets volcano of Vesuvius
- Pompeii and Vesuvius, eruption duo
- This belongs to Cantina del Vesuvio and Vineyard, since 1944
- We had lunch and wine tasting here beside Vesuvio
- Volcanic soil can give good wines
- Recommended white: Casa D'Ambra, Tenuta Frassitelli, Ischia
- During our lunch I mastered this yellow-red waterCock
- Vineyard dogs, she is Stella, the other one, black, was Drunk
- Our lunch table was under olive tree, we enjoyed a lot
- Today we will do a day trip to Capri island
- Ticket office. From Positano to Capri, 22kms, speedboat 30 mins
- Capri island is slightly bigger than Lauttasaari in Helsinki
- Capri is Capri, Lauttasaari is Lauttasaari, seeing both is life
- Speedboat to Capri leaves from Positano Beach
- Sailor-in-Me got excited before speedboat to Capri arrived
- Blasting over the sea towards Capri. Bye-bye Positano!
- Crossing Tyrrhenian Sea and all those sailor stories
- Seirenes of Gallos Islands, there, lured us on our way to Capri
- Arriving to Grande Marina of Capri island
- Second time to Capri. My usual photo place in Grande Marina
- We took Capri-taxi from Grande Marina to up to Anacapri
- Taxi to Anacapri 10mins, 5euros per person, rocky views
- No other cars, but when yes, then traffic jam
- Grande Marina of Capri on way to Anacapri, left is Sorrento
- Arrived to Anacapri town on top of Capri
- Capri has 12.000 inhabitants and 6 busy months per year
- From January to March it is cool and rainy, all closed
- They say that Swarovsky (yes, that Swarovsky) has a Capri house
- They say that same about Italian fashion guru Anna Dello Russo
- Anacapri shopping street
- We did beans finding: Caffe Toraldo beans from Naples, soft
- Anacapri has that amazing relaxed atmosphere, mood
Heeere's Johnny !
- Anacapri haircut, capelli, at Massimo Parturzo, Via G. Orlando 102
- Professional haircut process took 10mins and 15euros
- Anacapri haircut changed me, no more Baby-Boy but Junior-Pro
- Anacaprian sea elements for decoration
- Bye-bye to Anacapri
Hello Capri !
- No monsters, it was me all the time. Bye-bye Capri
- Our Capri was 'rocambolesco', a fantastic experience
- Breakfast at Hotel Eden Roc was sweet and plenty
- Wine tasting sessions in hotel offered three types of wines, cheese
- Sophia Loren's and Carlo Ponti's Villa near Amalfi town
- Five days went quickly here in rocky part of Italy
FLIGHT. We left Naples during the daylight. Naples, the city of Fiat cars, Caruso and songs O-Sole-Mio and Return-to-Sorrento.
FLIGHT. When we left Naples, there, they prepared for Pavarotti's 80-year memorial concert. Amalfi Coast and Positano was a goood holiday.
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