There & Back Again – A Traveler's Tale

We visited the always fascinating Pompeii yesterday. They have excavated more of the ruins since we were last there. Such an amazing place!

We spent yesterday in Capri. It was a perfect day to walk around the island. The ladies did some shopping and Bill and I took the Chairlift up to Monte Solara. Then we had a fantastic pizza at Ristorante Barbarossa. 

We spent the day in Positano. The bus ride was as exciting as ever. We had fun exploring the town and a nice lunch at La Zagara, a neat little bar tucked into the side of the hill. We had dinner at one of our favorites in Sorrento, San Antonino. 

We arrived in Sorrento on Friday. It’s as beautiful as ever. We are enjoying all the great food of Campania. Yesterday, we had a patio lunch featuring beautiful Buffalo Mozzarella and then dinner at “The Garden,” a new restaurant we discovered last year.

Today we took a day trip to Montalcino followed by a wine tasting at the Molesini wine shop in Cortona. This immediately lead to additions to my wine shipment. I may have just added a year to my retirement age to pay for these delights. But life is good.

We took a day trip to San Gimignano. What a beautiful city!

We rented a car and drove to Cortona with a stop in Frascati (suburb of Rome) for a wonderful lunch at one of our favorite restaurants, Cacciani. We had a nice dinner at IL  Cacciatorre in Cortona . Trying to keep the walking up to burn some calories. Tomorrow, we are planning a trip to Montepulciano.

Need to check these out on the next trip to England:

http://www.theflyawayamerican.com/most-quintessentially-english-towns/

Today, we took a new walk up the mountain to a small town called Priora that took us through lemon, orange and olive groves and past some amazing views!