Happy (belated) 4th of July!
Now that our lives seem a little more settled and "normal" (our house is feeling like home, the cats flew NY to Rome Friday where Jamie picked them up), we tried to figure out how to spend the holiday weekend. Our initial thoughts were to go to Florence but our Telepass (like EZPass) has not come in yet (toll roads can get really backed up in the cash only lanes), its been really hot and we didn't really have any recommendations for a hotel that would work well with Riann & Lincoln. So we decided to go to the Caserta Market again Saturday to stock up on produce (and I drove for the first time off the base... intimidating but really not that bad), then we went on a day-long mini cruise along the Amalfi Coast on Sunday. We had heard nothing but wonderful things about the cruise itself and the stops, so we took a chance and booked.

Beautiful!! Even with the heat and haze, the coastline from Castellamare to Positano was amazing. We have driven the Pacific Coast Highway before, I think this drive would be even more amazing... and terrifying. Oh, the cliffs would have me freaking out if we had driven!! The cruise went along the coast most of the time, but ventured off to Nerano Bay near Capri for a swim stop.


Jamie jumped in, Riann jumped in for a moment before freaking out (the water was much rougher than it seemed) and I, of course, was too chicken to get in. Lincoln just watched everyone with me holding on to him for dear life. I was exhausted just from watching some of those people tread water for so long! We had the choice of stopping at either Positano or Amalfi, and since we had heard Positano is more difficult to get to by car, we decided to check it out instead of Amalfi. Also, it being the first stop meant more time to explore and less time on the boat. Positano is picturesque! Even with the haze, it was still gorgeous. The small homes are all built looking like they are hanging off the cliff, one on top of another. There are colorful flowers growing like ivy does on many of them. It is just beautiful!


We first went to a restaurant called L'Incanto where Jamie dined on "the best pizza ever", I had spaghetti with local clams that was SOOO delicious, Riann indulged on fresh pineapple, and Lincoln slept away in his stroller.




After, we headed across the sidewalk to the beach. No sand here, it is pebbles and rocks, it is much nicer than it sounds except that the rocks are so hot from the sun. Riann was like a fish, and Lincoln was miserable and then hesitant, and finally happily playing with the rocks in the waves of the Med. Pretty cool.


Before heading back to the boat, we stopped for gelato... Gelato is so good!! I make a point of trying a different kind every time, but so far Limone is my favorite.

The town of Positano has many stairways and uphill walkways making it difficult to tour with a stroller, so we were not able to see a lot. But we do plan to go back again, maybe next time when its not so hot. Or maybe it'll be a great spot to go to next time we have a babysitter.