City of Amalfi

Ahhhh, the Almafi Coast! As we drove along to the city of Amalfi, we couldn't help but admire all the terraced lemon groves nestled in the terraced hillsides. This is why this area is home to limoncello liqueur production.

As we entered the town of Almalfi today, we, of course, had to have a lemon slushy that is served in the lemon itself andcthese lemons are massive. It was very refreshing and delicious!

We continued through town as we headed to the Amalfi Paper Museum that is housed in an old paper mill dating back to the 13th century. We were given a tour as we admired the centuries-old machines used in the production of handmade paper, a process learned from the Chinese.
that the Arabs later replaced
with fabric.
The mill used wooden hammers, which, driven by a hydraulic wheel (water from the local river), would shred and beat the cotton rags that were collected from the houses into a watery pulp that could be screen and pressed into handmade paper.
At one point, Almalfi had 18 paper mills and supplied paper worldwide. Bank of America (Bank of Italy, originally) had its paper printed here when it was first formed.

Had dinner in the Byzantine Church Square and met 2 young couples from San Diego who had just attended a friend's wedding in Rome. We loved watching the Wonder in their eyes.Read more