Our Positano cliffside apartment, Casa Della ‘Uovo or House of the Egg (71 Trara Genovo) has been our base of operations for the many trips we have taken in our five days here, the dinners we have shared in a wide variety of locations and styles and the easy conversations about a wide range of subjects of importance to each and all of us. Clementina is the housekeeper who comes and cleans…
We returned to our hotel to clean up before our evening meal which a friend of Karen had recommended, although the friend was unable to eat there. La Tagliata Positano. Via Tagliata 32B, Positano. The restaurant was a long distance from our apartment, so we arranged through the restaurant to be picked up at Hotel Poseidon, which was a five-minute walk. The bus wound its way through the streets of Positano eventually…
We descended the four hundred (estimated by Gil, one member of our party) from the apartment to the main beach in Positano where we picked up a high-speed ferry to Amalfi, a trip of about thirty minutes. The cost of the trip was eight Euros per person and brought us into the main shopping area and port in Amalfi. This city is most noted for the Cathedral of St. Andrew, which…
On our way back to Positano from Pompeii, we stopped in Sorrento for lunch at O’ Parrucchiano La Favorita, located at 71 Corso Italia (www.parrucchiano.it). This restaurant has been one of our favorites on several prior trips to Sorrento. The history behind the place is it was started by a former seminarian in 1868 at this location, the seminarian had learned to cook in the cloister and decided he would rather cook…
We arranged transportation through Positano Car Service, Via Cristoforo Colombo 2 www.positanocarservice.com) and for a private tour through Pompeii. Our driver, Antonio, is also an amateur photographer and made multiple stops to allow us to take pictures on the way. He eventually started taking pictures for us of the various sights. At Pompeii, we were met by a pleasant woman, Mena, short for Philomena, who would serve as our guide. She proved…