Amalfi Exploration

Today we explored more Amalfi. Climbing the various ancient staircases clusted with houses that climb the mighty hillsides - it feels other worldly.

We left the warren and headed high into the mountains. Spectacular views of Amalfi and the ocean. At one point a few donkeys carryingsupplies and passengers trotted by us. LOL. We got as high as we could before heading back down to the town.

In the afternoon we did some more hiking, heading through town along the ravine following a path into the hills. We walked past raced gardens filled with lemon trees, lime trees, olive trees and beautiful flowers. Fufther along the path .. as if it could not get any better - we came across a UNESCO limoncello factory. A nice big sign filled with Italian text was in the window and snuggled right at the bottom the fantasitic words sat "free samples". Poking our heads throught the window a friendly man showed up and asked if we'd like a tour - which was nice. He showed us the factory and the manufacturing process. Back in the entrance he lined up several bottles for sampling, provided a detailed explanation of each whilst pouring. We checked out lemon, tangerine, lemon-cream and chocolate liqueurs. We bought some stuff marmalades for my folks, thanked him and heading back down the trail.


All that walking required some beach time - so we lay in the sun listening to the waves crash on the rocks.