Positano, Italy
Positano, Italy May, 2022 Active Amalfi We ditched the rental car in Naples because we rightly feared the winding coastal roads along the Amalfi Coast. Our driver, Valentina, took us to Positano in a large Mercedes minivan. How she navigated the single lane each way roads and the traffic is beyond me. All I can say is you don’t want to need to call an emergency vehicle if you need immediate assistance!
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Naples, Italy
Naples, Italy May, 2022 Non-stop Naples Coming from small Italian towns and villages, Naples was a shock. At first glance, it comes across as gritty, dirty, crowded and noisy. But there’s a layer of unpretentious vitality that rises to the surface if you give it a chance. Naples is a young, frenetic city that is all about food, street music, graffiti and vehicles honking their way through pedestrian streets. And this guy, perched on the edge of a planter.
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Pompeii, Italy
Pompeii, Italy May, 2022 Phallic Pompeii How to describe Pompeii…enormous, unbelievable, best snapshot of 2000 years ago possible…well, all that and phallic. I had no idea the ancient Romans had such an obsession with sex and penises. While things were fairly equal and women were also encouraged to enjoy sexual freedoms, it’s still all about the penis in Pompeii. There are lots of ruins to visit around the world, individual structures dotted around the landscape but nothing like this.
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Ravello
Ravello’s Piazza Centrale. Ravello was a welcome break from the hustle of Positano and Capri. A beautiful little village perched up high above the town of Amalfi, Ravello was our favourite place. Adam had a vocabulary misstep (I hope!) when he said he would go back to Ravello to remarry. I think he meant renew vows…
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