Washing Day and Positano

Whenever we travel laundry day is always very entertaining, and today was no exception. We were sitting waiting for our wash to finish when a couple came in. They were looking at the instructions, looking at the machines, looking at the coin operated soap dispenser, back to the washing machine. They said something to Graham so he jumped up and asked where they were from and they were from Argentina and spoke Spanish. Not a word of English. And we, not a word of Spanish. So thanks to google translate Graham was able to show them what all the products on the soap dispenser where and how to use the machine. He hadn't quite finished when the next lot came in and started asking him in Italian how to use the machines. He was jumping from one to the other getting their powder and working the machines for them. He should have been paid by the laundromat commission.
Wash finished, we left our new friends to work out the driers for themselves and caught a very expensive taxi to Positano. The views here are spectacular but unfortunately the weather is not. Our room has a balcony looking out onto the ocean - pretty special.
Spent a lazy afternoon drinking limoncello and vino down by the waterfront and playing fetch with the owner's poodle. You would be disappointed if you came here for a sunbathing holiday as it is quite cold. Apparently next week will be warm (or so the locals keep telling us). We are rugged up like we are in Antarctica and people were swimming!
Had a lovely dinner and a four piece roving Italian jazz band came and played for a while. They were so fabulous that we bought two of their cds. Look out everyone!!Read more