Che bella la costa di Amalfitana (AMALFI)

My friend Erica and I arrived on the Amalfi Coast on a beautiful sunny day. We woke up super early and took the train to a little suburb of Sorrento called San Agnello. We were ready to go to Capri! We caught the bus to the train, the train to the town, and then walked to the hostel. By the time we arrived we had 20 minutes to catch the ferry and there was no feasible way to get there in time. So we said oh well and went into Sorrento for the day. You truly have to roll with the punches when you are backpacking. Sorrento is a lovely town overlooking the Bay of Naples and Mt. Vesuvius from afar. We wandered around and ended up at one of the marinas. I found a perfect spot in the sun at the top of this staircase overlooking the bay so I bid Erica ciao and stayed put in this one place. It was straight out of postcard. The Italian men were fishing below, one teaching his son. Right next to me were two little houses perched on the cliff next to each other and le donne (women) were yelling-chatting back and forth sweeping bread crumbs to the pigeons below. There were thick ropes hanging over the ledge and 20 or so fishing boats below. I just drank in every moment, writing in my journal and looking and listening. Once the sun started to go down over the mountain it got quite chilly so I decided to go back into the town to explore. I ended up at another Marina on the other side where there was sun, yes I follow the sun around. The views of the mountains and the coast were so breathtaking that I found another little spot to sit and listened to girls gossiping in Italian and watched couples strolling back and forth. By the time I left Sorrento the sun was just beginning to set over all of the mountains dotted with little pastel houses. A beautiful sight.

The next day it poured down rain. I was feeling rather depressed while typing emails in the hostel when suddenly the sun broke through. I yelled for Erica and we made a dash to the train station to get on the bus that goes along the Amalfi. Then when we got on the bus, it started raining again! By this point I did not care, I was going to the Amalfi rain or shine. We started through Sorrento and into another town and then lo and behold, the sun comes out again and everyone on the bus starts oooohhhing and ahhhing. The water turned turquoise and the mountains lit up. I loved every minute of it. We went through a bunch of little towns including Positano and then got off in Amalfi. We walked from Amalfi to another little town and then ate a snack overlooking the ocean and all of the fishing and sailing boats. I made my way down the pier for some quiet time and sat there in the sun until a wave almost came and drenched me. By this time we thought we should catch the next bus back to Positano. We arrived at dusk and made our way through the winding streets down to the beach. I am sure Positano is insanely crowded during summer but besides a couple or two and a man playing fetch with his dog, we had the whole place to ourselves. So we sat and watched the end of the sunset and listened to the waves crash. The town was very quiet and had a peaceful feel to it. It was a perfect day and I was so grateful that the sun decided to make an appearance!