Day 25: Take 2,the Amalfi Coast.

This was our first port day on the cruise, Salerno, Italy. We were all up bright and early for the tour that had been booked about 6mths ago for the Amalfi Coast, Sorrento, Positano and Pompeii.

Our first stop was the gorgeous Sorrento with lemons being its primary resource, limoncello, lemon soap, lemon lollies and anything else lemon you could think of. Little narrow cobbled streets, as you could imagine.

 Our next stop was Positano, this town being even more gorgeous than Sorrento, although you would need to be part mountain goat to reside here. These towns are both on the Amalfi Coast( think  of Great Ocean Road, halve the width, times the drop off by about 10 and add 1000 more bends in the road and you are getting close)

You can just see the road in this picture. This was taken at the magnificent restaurant that our driver took us too. We were so high up that if oxygen masks had of dropped from the roof of the van no one would have been surprised. Our lunch was delicious so much so that we almost left a €100 tip.

Travel Tip# 26 When recieving food bill always ensure that it is checked by fellow travellers as quite often €125 can be confused with €225 and you could end up paying significantly more.

Lunch over and we were winding our way back down to Pompeii, occasionally in reverse as 2 vehicles couldn't fit at the same time. Never have I seen a road and the associated views like it, breathtaking on so many levels.

We arrived in Pompeii about 1935 years after Mount Vesuvius erupted, and we all declared it safe to visit. Just a shame we forgot to grab a map, as it was quite a sizeable city. Although using our initiative we hovered behind English speaking tour guides and were able to pass on any important or useless info that we heard to our travel buddies. We did see all the important stuff like all the ruins and the dead people.

What was also an unusual discovery was that apart from their spas, saunas and orgies, the Pompeiians loved a hand stand, so much so that special pillars were placed around the square( as demonstrated by our tour fitness coach).

We had such an amazing day, and honestly I saw places and roads and beaches that I would never have dreamed of seeing. Our driver was fantastic and a brilliant driver, Pompeii Car Service. I cant recommend them enough.  We arrived back at the ship with all senses satisfied... What a day!!