Vir 'o mare quant’è bello . . .
. . . Ispira tantu sentimento
Don't try to translate this one. It's in Napolitano, which even most Italians can't understand. You might recognize the Dean Martin version, though. He sings it in Italiano.
Friday night, we decided to drive to Sorrento the next morning for pizza. I know, there are many more exciting things to eat here than pizza, but Sorrento has Da Gigino Pizza a Metro (pizza by the meter).
Yes, you can buy a pizza two meters (6.54 feet) long.
We didn't. We opted for the plate-sized pizza - about 12" in diameter.
The pizza was OK. Better than anything we ever had in the States, but not as good as the restaurant in Ravello.
After lunch, we decided to drive around the Amalfi coast through Positano, Praino, Amalfi, Minori and Maiori, then over the mountains back to Napoli.
I didn't take many photos because the traffic was very heavy, and there was almost nowhere to pull over. For about 20 kilometers in the Amalfi area, every inch of the right side of the road was nose to tail with cars. That left a lane-and-a-half for two lanes of traffic, including the occasional tour bus.
Then, there were the Italians who decided to stop in the middle of the road to shop or chat or even park for 10 or 15 minuts. Couple that with Ms. Garmin losing her mind now and then, a large funeral and the Easter weekend festivities, we averaged about 25 miles per hour.
With the views of the Amalfi coast, however, who cares?
An overlook in Vico Equense northeast of Sorrento.
Cliffs outside Sorrento with Vesuvio in the background.
An ancient stairway cut into the cliffside.
Vico Equense
Italian builders are not afraid of any project.
Sorrento lemon, anyone?
(Update. Not a lemon, but rather a citron - and useless)
(Update. Not a lemon, but rather a citron - and useless)
7 comments:
Now that's a big lemon!
You could make a pie with just one of those, eh?
No pizza pictures.. :) But the rest are lovely.
"...and add the juice of one lemon"
Are you sure you're not near any radioactivity?
It's a citron, and the rind is about 1.75" thick. The pulp inside is no larger than a regular large lemon - and there is virtually no juice.
Another tourist taken in by the roadside vendor.
I used to have one of those. It was made by Mazda though.
I need to get a bear avatar . . .
Awesome, awesome views.
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