The One I Have Been Waiting For

Today is the Amalfi coast. We catch the bus and our tour guide Vinny is great. He gives us plenty of commentary about the area. We start in Salerno, which is the laregest city in the region with a population of 1 million. We head to Sorrento, which has a population if a out 80,000. Once there we head to the old town area filled with shops. We go to one shop that has tastings of Lemoncello, a cream lemon cello and a pistachio liquor. They have cookies but the one I was waiting for was the lemon candies. I found these 11 years ago and have never forgotten them. I have always associated them with the Amalfi coast. I may have purchased a large bag. The are hard lemon candy on the outside but have a fizzy liquid inside. Laura and I continue along for some other purchases.

After we meet up again, we have lunch at a restaurant that has the hand written menu. You know that is local. They can even accommodate Laura with a gluten-free lunch. We get back on the bus and head to the second part of the tour which is the boat ride up the coast of Amalfi.

The boat ride upto Almalfi is amazing. The little villages along the way are beautiful. It's amazing how they can build and live here between the mountains. They have terraced gardens where they grow their food and the sea to catch the fish. A simple life but one well worth living. We arrive at Almalfi and have about one and a half hours to roam around. Too much shopping but I also found a treat for the ride back.

Time to go back to the ship for nap time and then dinner. When we got back to the room we found a box of gluten-free cookies for Laura. The other night at dinner the waitress had went to get Laura some gluten-free cookies but they had ran out. So she had promised her a box as an apology. Well, they magically showed up! One happy Kitten.

As always, dinner is wonderful. When you look at the portions you think it's not enough however I have never left hungry.

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