Monday, 25 August, 2008We're still in that scary hotel of Amalfi. We woke up to find that we weren't dead, and the hotel did actually boast fantastic views.
Left: The door handle which was tied with shoelace and had a glass balanced on.
The views from right outside our door
After checking out, we had to walk up the crazy steps again. With our backpacks. Even though we were walking through lemon groves and all.. I can't say that it was an enjoyable walk.
We rested for a while after we reached the top of the 300 steps. Luckily our car was still there! Yay, we survived the weird hotel!
This photo explains the hotel situation. We parked at the top where you can see a rather grand hotel, and had to walk down to somewhere in the bottom of the photo to reach our hotel.
Stopped by a little grocery place for some mandatory overpriced Red Bull (3.5 euros)
Finally found a restaurant for brunch
The photo on the right was taken by the playful restaurant staff as he was trying to take a photo for the 2 of us
When I ordered cappucino with my pasta, he went 'Who takes cappucino with pasta?!' and gave me a disapproving look. Alright I suppose we are supposed to take wine, but the cappucino was primarily for waking me up since this was brunch.
Our chef?
It was at this restaurant as we were eating, that we heard the song 'That's Amore'. I had to ask the waiter for the song title. I like. Anyway, as we left, he presented us with this little poster which shows the actual scene. Loves!
This man thought we were Japanese and kept spewing Japanese greetings at us. He knew more than we did!
by the recommendation of the hotel staff, here we are at the Emerald Grotto. Have to check it out since we missed our chance to see the Azure Grotto at Capri.
Well, just a touristy little cave.. But beautiful. The guy kept mumbling some stuff and singing this soulful tune.
Because of the way light is reflected into the cave, there is this very beautiful shade of blue. He also splashed some water so that we could see the blue droplets splashing
Here we are, at the town of Amalfi
2 way road, with 1 lane taken up for parking. I don't like driving here very much.
And, presenting, pb's parallel parking skills.. (ahha alliteration)
Hah. I had to climb out of the driver's door to get out.
Why on earth would you need a swimming pool when you have such a beautiful sea ahead of you!
I was pretty worried for these boys jumping head first into the rocky waters.. But they were having lots of fun.
The pebbly beach does not look too comfortable to me
Thats the Duomo of Amalfi, pretty much the most impt part of the town. We walked around the little town.
This shop is selling limoncello, this lemon liquor made from the lemons of Amalfi. They were reasonably priced and we bought as much as our luggage could afford to hide. They also allowed us to taste the yummy stuff.
Time to get out of our parking predicament. These 2
kaypoh kind gentlemen came to
laugh at help us get out of that teeny parking lot. And we made it of course.
