Oh Scott, I had to dedicate this blog post to you. Even though I was out like a light Karen swears up and down that Scott talks in his sleep, and in true Scott fashion, he would be talking about fashion and what not to wear :) He is going to be my new shopping partner!
Saturday was fantastic. Karen and I slept in late and missed breakfast, Scott got some alone time down on the beach to do his "reading" for his research project and around 11 we headed to Sorrento to catch the bus to Positano. I think a few of us had a bit of fear in our hearts since we haven't had the best luck on buses while being in Italy. Most of them have been too crowded and not air conditioned. No thank you. After waiting for a bit in the hot sun our glorious fancy air conditioned bus showed up. We all piled on and syked ourselves up for a 30 minute twisty ride. Once we came around the bend and could see the sea with all the super expensive yachts you could hear the gasps and then shortly after heard the snap of photos being taken. It really does just take you by surprise. You know you are in for something pretty, but words just don't do it justice.
We finally got off the bus, taking pictures about every 5 steps and needed to find a place for lunch and then hit the beach ASAP. We walked all the way down the hill and found a great little pizzeria on the beach. The view really was great. The wind was perfect and our waiter was quite nice. Priorities people, priorities! We must go to the beach. Well, we soon realized we were quite unprepared. We didn't have beach towels, flip flops or water :) Up to the shops we went and back down to our home for the next 5 hours! The sand was even hotter at this beach, I swear. Me being cheap didn't want to buy 15 euro flip flops when I had a pair back at the hotel, so I used my cute new sandals I bought for this trip and prayed that they didn't get ruined or stolen. That would have been bad.
We had a pretty good spot and the water was amazing. It may have been even more beautiful than the water at Vico, and I didn't think that was possible. It was hard to stay out of the water. It even had a big floating barrier set out that broke a bunch of the waves caused by the boats, and it made me feel a bit safer about going out a bit farther in the water. Even Karen went past her comfort zone and fell in love with the water! I was so proud :) Us water signs must stick together in our love for the sea.
For dinner we decided to head back to Sorrento, the bus ride back was not as pleasant as the first one. They packed the people on and the 3 of us got luckily enough to be seated next to some young Duke students who didn't stop talking the entire way. I am pretty sure they had been drinking. On that road I would have for sure been sick if I had in alcohol in my system. No thank you. We had dinner at a quaint little red checkered place and proceeded to piss our waiter off by ordering out of order. He made a big to do out of it and said please order in order of what you would like to eat. Sorrrrryyyy! Shhhesh. Dinner was pretty good, the wine was even better and the walk to the train back to Vico was fun. Until we got to the train station. Little did we know the last train left at like 10:15 pm, so after waiting till about 10:30 they told us that we had to go and take the bus. Bus what bus? After waiting there for ever and not a single bus ever coming we decided to find someone who wasn't going to charge us an arm and a leg to get back to our hotel. We found a very nice taxi man to take us home and got stuck behind the slowest driver EVER! Fun times are always had in moving vehicles on this trip. :)
It was nice to be back at our hotel after a long day of bus rides and sun. Loved it all and wouldn't change a thing!
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