Saturday, September 22, 2012

Sorrento Sep. 12

With another hydrofoil, we took a 15 min trip to this next beautiful port city about an hour outside Naples. We got there in the a.m. and all the bus crew went on a bus trip to the Amalfi coast drive to Positano and beyond. I chose not to go as it was one of the worst cliff-side drives of our trip so I stowed my luggage in the hotel storage area by the reception and set out to see the nearby city walkways and life styles of the people. Lots of people came back from the trip queasy and missed supper. I had a wonderful time talking - using my pretend Italian- and getting the city surroundings under my belt. I stopped for many coffees and then had a nap later in the afternoon when I could get into my room.
In the evening G and I went to an Italian Tarantella musical with dancing. It was the story of peasants falling in love and included "O Sole Mio and Santa Lucia, which G hasn't stopped singing yet, and the finale was "Funiculi, Funicula" Oh what great fun it was to sing along with the crew. We were encouraged , and so being CDNS, we don't want to let anyone down. We walked back to our hotel after 11 and the stores were still open and the city was alive with the young. (That would be us :) ))
We had two rainy days after this but it didn't stop us from anything. We walked down to all the piers, had many coffees and then ate a nice lunch under the leaking awning supported by a trusty umbrella tied to the post to catch the errant drops. Of course, wine always makes everything drier.
We bought a lovely mahogany lazy Susan created by a 6th generation family with the areas natural lemons and limes all around the border and the town of Sorrento in the center. We are so proud of ourselves as we never buy anything for ourselves while on holidays. Oh yes, we did have a lovely hour and a half "fitting" in a small shop as a man, the owner, pushed me into the dressing room and kept throwing clothes at me and telling me to "get out here" so that he could rearrange his ideas and then disappear again for more stuff. G enjoyed the show as I had no control over anything and finally purchased an outfit. His wife creates everything and then all items are made in his factory in Positano. We had 4 lovely days and we drank in all the memories quietly and alone so to hold them dear forever.