Rain, rain, go away

I suppose it was about time we had a wash out.

We were so fortunate up until now to have the most beautiful weather during our travels. Then the storms began in Sorrento Saturday.

We had scheduled a tour of Capri for that day. The boat would take us to the isle and let us explore the famous grottos and have 5 hours to ourselves before returning to the campsite. Unfortunately, it was cancelled. We rescheduled for the next day, but that too was cancelled. The rain and high winds made it very rough for sea travel so we ran out of options.

We tried to make the most of our rainy days and left the campsite a few times. But everytime we did, we'd get caught under a storm cloud and have to sprint from over hang to over hang.

But what else is there to do in Italy when the weather is a mess? Wine and dine of course. We were still able to sit under canopies and enjoy the local cuisine, sipping delicious chiantis and eating the freshest olives imaginable.

On sunday we were even able to take a bus tour down to Amalfi, another coastline town. The roads to get there are straight out of a movie. Up and down hill sides, right on the cliffs edge, and so windy it seems that every curve was a U-turn. It was quiet nauseating on some occaisions. But the views were fantastic. The 1.5 lane road (or so it seemed) was cut right into the mountain side so when you looked down you had a mind blowing view of beautifully blue waves crashing to the rocky shores. The bus was full of "oohs and aw's" with every turn.

Sara and I were the youngest tourists there as it seems a lot of older people travel the area. But we loved hearing their stories and expertise from years of travels. We even met some ladies from Southern Maryland- small world!



Amalfi was beautiful and we are glad we went. But we were sick of the rain and being constantly wet and cold. We had one last *amazing* dinner at the campsite restaurant (ravioli, smoked spicy provolone, grilled veggies, and our favorite italian wine- a local chianti- thus far).

Woke up early this morning to pack up and catch the bus. We bussed to the Sorrento metro station, then metroed to the Napoli train station. There was minimal confusion this time- we are becoming pros. We are currently on a train from Naples to Rome, where we will get off and begin the second half of our adventures.

We look forward to finding some sunshine in Roma along with everything else.

Oh and for those of you that have been upset with the lack of pictures on the blog as of late, just know that they are coming. No computers on the campsite so we haven't been able to upload them from our cameras. But we hope to do so in Rome. Ciao!