"Stanley Burke always told me you don't need a plan to get things done"

After over 8 years together I have finally started to let Bryce's desire to "go with the flow" set the direction for our vacations. After today...I'm convinced it's starting to pay off. Last night we talked with a tourism office who told us it would be 100 euro for an all day Amalfi Coast tour. We walked out and Bryce stated that we would be driving the Amalfi coast ourselves. I thought for about 5 seconds and quickly said ok...if he wanted to risk our lives on the windy roads and steep cliffs why should I argue?

We woke up to a rainy morning, had leisurely breakfast in our room and took our time getting ready. We were on our own time after all! The rain cleared up into an absolutely beautiful clear morning and we were off with "the baby" (that's our camera if you will remember which may actually be better practice than Russel is!). We found the car, plugged in the GPS and we were off. Quickly we realized the gPS didn't want us to go the long way around the coast so we turned off the directional advice and just used the map feature.

All along our 8 hour excursion we spent our time making hair pin turns, dodging mopeds, stopping along the side of cliffs for pictures, stopping in small towns for lunch and or drinks, and seeing the most gorgeous scenes of coast line that either of us have EVER seen. People....this day was amazing and to tell you about it in this blog will not do it justice. The pictures here aren't even close to enough at giving you the real picture. If you are able to make it to Italia some day, you must come to the Campania region and drive yourselves around the Amalfi Coast......it's that good and you would never get the true experience on a tour bus...my husband is a rockstar for getting us out alive. I think Italian tour guides might be in his future. A few of the highlights.....


- a stop in a very small town called Termini. We stopped for a picture but saw a little limoncello factory hidden away. The sign for free samples drew us in. This is where our limoncello purchase took place.

- again, a stop for a picture took us to a very fancy hotel built in the cliffs....after being worried we would get kicked out, we very nicely asked if we could buy a beer and sit on the amazing terrace even though we clearly did not belong. Of course they were happy to have us so we had a nice break enjoying the sun and the ocean.

- next....we were hungry! We stopped in the lovely town of Praiano. After a bit of a hike from where we had to park, we stopped at a nice pizzeria overlooking the ocean and a lovely church. Ok.....best pizza, risotto, and sparkling wine yet. And we even topped it off with a complimentary shot of limoncello! Such a fun town!


- after a few more picture stops we were into Positano which is a bigger town on the drive. lots of cars and very busy....we continued our drive towards Amalfi.

- Amalfi! SUCH a beautiful city! We did a bit of shopping and walked out on the pier for pictures....the picture below is the reason Sony invented their panoramic picture feature...amazing!







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Location:Italy, Campania region....Amalfi Coast drive!!