I am a big fan of Italy, I love their food, wine, history, music, arts, architecture and most of all their entire hedonistic lifestyle, "La Dolce Vita". This is a really wonderful country with all sorts of landscapes from high, rocky mountains to breath-taking beaches and seasides. I love walking on the ancient, cobble-stoned streets and watch locals sipping their coffee and discussing matters of life. I love the adorable markets and the tiny little shops as well as the checkered-clothed tables on the streets in front of restaurants...
Back in 2008, I had a chance to visit the islands and coastline in the Gulf of Salerno during an amazing trip with a small sailing boat. It was really great, one of the best excursions of my life. You have a totally different view of these little towns and villages if you look at them from the sea. It is really amazing how high they have built houses up on the rocks. Though it was a long time ago, I can still vividly remember the picturesque towns, the wonderful view of the horizon, the squeaking sound of the seagulls, the incomparable smell of salty water and the gorgeous taste of Italian red wine. I would like to share these memories with you in this series of posts. (Sorry, blame it on the winter that I became nostalgic and started to watch holiday photos today... 😊😊😊)
I have found this map here, it shows basically all the places I have visited and going to talk about in this series:
Yesterday I wrote a post, showing you a few pictures of Amalfi, a lovely little town, how it looks when you first catch sight of it from the water. Today I continue the journey after arriving at the harbour. So let's see a few snapshots I took while walking in the narrow streets up and up and up the hill... LOL
The harbour is small as the town with very nice boats in it:
I just love the little shops, the main attraction is definitely Limoncello, but ceramics and bakeries are also famous:
Another thing I love in Italy is these narrow streets, it is quite a challenge for car-drivers LOL:
Watching locals is also a good entertainment when I am abroad:
A nice fountain:
As most of the houses are built on the cliffs, going uphill and the logistics of goods there might sometimes be a headache:
As a tourist going uphill is not that difficult at first... but then...:
However,​ the view is so amazing that you tend to forget your aching legs:
Top of the hill:
The main sight of Amalfi is the Duomo di Sant'Andrea - I intentionally left it out from this selection as it worth a separate post, so will show you more photos of it tomorrow. It is really awesome!
Stay tuned, I come back with more details and photos soon!