Category Archives: Sorrento 2006

“The continent is so close. Two hours and you’re in Sorrento” so sayeth the Brits. It just ain’t true. Today it took us 9 hours. Packed, checked out and rolling down the street towards the bus at 7:30am. Another glorious … Continue reading →

Naples is a horrid place. It smells, it’s dirty, it’s way too crowded. Poverty seeps out of every pore while traffic fills every nostril. It is a city to leave, not to visit. It’s one of those odd places that … Continue reading →

The holiday wind down phase. It always happens to us. Get to the last couple of days and all we really want to do is nothing…then go home. Had some really weird dreams last night. One involving lots of corpses … Continue reading →

Meeting Americans in Cabs When waiting for buses in Amalfi, befriend an American couple and eventually you can all share a cab to where you’re going because, believe me, the bus will either not arrive or will be full of … Continue reading →

There are many things the modern tourist should be armed with. But apart from the guide books and helpful advice, the sunglasses and cream, a few helpful phrases in various languages should be perfected before leaving home. One mandatory phrase … Continue reading →

Today is the day that all the cruise ships came to Sorrento. Three massive, huge, gigantic, big liners were parked just off the Marina Piccola, disgorging passengers like cattle onto small ship-to-shore boats. From these little boats come forth guides … Continue reading →

In the year 62 AD Pompeii was devastated by a massive earthquake. A lot of the city was badly damaged but as soon as people figured that further quakes were not coming, reconstruction started. This brought a new wave of … Continue reading →

The Island of Capri (pronounced Car-pri so the first vowel is long and not the way we foreigners normally say it Cap-ri) was once part of the Amalfi peninsular but a dirty great earthquake a very long time ago, shifted … Continue reading →

One of those burning questions that no-one is EVER going to be able to answer: Was Amalfi named after the nymph loved by Hercules and buried in the area or is it derived from the town of Melfi when people … Continue reading →

Breakfast at this hotel is rather interesting. You arrive at the restaurant and if there’s no waiter present you naturally head for a table. However this will get you moved because although the tables have numbers on them they do … Continue reading →