Even though we spent most of the week happily ensconced in Minori, we ventured to Amalfi Town and Positano one day. We figured if we were in the area, we wanted to see the towns. They are indeed quite pretty, but mainly pretty from the sea. In the town, there are hordes of tourists and […]
Minori on the Amalfi Coast in Italy was our favorite stop on the summer Beyond Vacation trip. We spent a week in an apartment 87 stairs up from the street. This gave our little terrace a wonderful view of the town from above. As I have done a few “from above” posts lately (Nice and […]
During our week in Minori, I got up early one morning to take pictures of the town before the people came out. So here is a look at Minori in it quietness. Our Terrace Terracotta tiles often too hot to step on during the day are night cool and smooth under my feet as I […]
Naples is not on the main tourist track in Italy. Sure if you are going to Pompeii you might base yourself here, but it is does not have much else to draw you. We were even warned by quite a few people to be very careful here. It does however have 3(!) castles. We had […]
Sightseeing can be roughly divided into “seeing new stuff” and “seeing old stuff”, with the large proportion of things seeming to fall into the historical or “old stuff” category. If there was a third category of “very old stuff”, Pompeii would definitely fall into that. I thought I knew a fair amount about Pompeii before […]