Mom and Dad Visit (Part 2)

The day following Pompeii, Drake was back to work, and we were off to the Amalfi Coast.

I loved Positano so much, I wanted to show my parents the cute little town I fell in love with. The Italian books refer to Positano as a "Vertical Village," it was built right on the side of a mountain, Dad didn't think that part was so cute. It is a lot of steep walking. Our first stop for the day was in Sorrento. We didn't spend too much time, but we got to see some beautiful views and of course some gelato.

Mom and Dad were impressed with the size of lemons as well. A cute little fruit and vegetable market.

That night in Positano, we got Dad to walk to the bottom of the village, right on the waterfront. We had a nice meal at Bacca di Bucca. I liked the name of that restauraunt.

Doesn't this picture look familiar? Mom with Positano behind her.

Mom got homemade Positano sandals from this shop.

After spending a few early hours in Positano, we were on the road for some beautiful sights and

on our way to Amalfi. The scenery doesn't get any better than the Amalfi Coast.

This picture should look familiar as well, the Amalfi Duomo. Can you see mom and dad?

This time in Amalfi I got to spend some more time checking out their Duomo. I now understand why the coast is named after this city. Amalfi once was a major city (empire) in southern Italy, even comparable to Rome at one time. This Duomo was were they eventually buried the Apostle Andrew. Here we are inside, not the best picture without a flash.

Remember my last blog where I was saying I would hate to drive on the small, curvy, roads on the coast. Well I got the chance to be the driver this time around, and I have to say I did an outstanding job. Only got so scared that I had to close my eyes about twice!

Our last stop was Cetara. Dad was so surprised at seeing groups of grown men standing around, relaxing, in the middle of a work day. Here he is trying to fit in.

This upcoming week, Drake will be on the road from Tuesday to Sunday. I am planning on coming back to Cetara to this beach. It was a cute and quiet little fishing village. I really liked it.

Okay, so the next day Drake only had morning practice so we had the rest of the day to go somewhere. Drake had gone with his parents to a huge palace in Caserta, and had been wanting to go back to see the extensive gardens in the back. That is where we decided to go. Here are mom and dad making there way up the grand staircase.
Drake was the photographer and I was the tourguide. I had to read about each room we went into.

This palace was amazing. Kind of gaudy (sp?) but very impressive. The ceilings were so cool to look at. Each room was so unique. My neck hurt the next day, as you can understand I'm sure.

Nice family picture I think.

In front of the grand staircase.

Look familiar to anyone? This is such a funny story. When Drake went to this Palace with his parents the last time, his dad was very interested by this chandelier. He was able to reach up and touch it, when he did, Drake's mom said, "see if you can move it." So Dick pushed it a little bit and had the whole thing swaying back and forth for a half hour. A woman came running into the room and scolded him, saying "how old are you?" in Italian. Sad I missed that moment.
Outside the gardens went on and on. They were different than I thought they would be. I was expecting lots of flowers like the pictures I have seen of Versailles. My favorite was the huge waterfall emptying into the fountains that led to the palace. The fountains had lots of fish in them. Made us think of Derek. Had the urge to go fishing.

We were getting misted in this picture.
Okay so that is it for part 2. Ciao to everyone!