Amalfi Coast

We bid farewell to Rome and headed down south by train to Salerno on our way to the Amalfi Coast and in particular to Praiano, located between Amalfi and Positano. The journey is quite a long one because it relies on three modes of transport, a train which takes two and a half hours, a ferry which takes one and quarter hours to Positano and finally a bus to Praiano which takes about thirty minutes but only leaves Positano every hour. Have you done the maths yet? Let's just say we got a train at 8.50am and arrived at our accommodation at around 4.15pm. A long day!

After hearing lots of stories about this coast road and the driving, I can truthfully say that IT IS A NIGHTMARE RIDE. Buses, cars, motor cycles all want to own the roadway at the same time and there is only one speed, go and stop and not much in between. Of course, a lot of the cars are sporting dings, scratches etc. Not  surprising !

Very happy to have caught the ferry across which gave us a view of the coast which is beautiful .

Finally arrived to be greeted by our host Genarro, a very (pretty) handsome Italian boy, who took us for a drive around Praiano and I must say his driving style is interesting.

Today we took the hazardous ride to Positano to look around. Very nice place but much busier than Praiano so very happy to come back to our little quiet place away from the craziness. Serenity now!