Positano — ColourfulLittleMoments

I made it to Positano! Despite the tour bus cancelling the day trip to Positano and Amalfi, I at least made it to Positano. The Amalfitana road has been legally closed due to fires on the coast resulting in the cliff face shrubs being burnt. This means that rock fall is more common as the brush and shrubs aren't there to keep it in place. The tour bus won't drive the road due to legal liability which is understandable.

Determined not to miss out, I hired a private driver to take me and my folks to Positano for the morning. He was very good pointing out this and that, stopping for photographs along the road and waiting for 2 hours while we wandered the steep street.

There is only one road in and out of Positano (which is a one way street that goes in a loop) and basically no parking in the heart of the town so taxi's, drivers and residents have to park at the top of Positano and walk. I imagine the residents must be very fit. They have to walk up and down the street and use the thousands of steps to get to their homes. It's no wonder most Italian's buy their groceries daily and eat fresh. Can you imagine lugging a weeks worth of groceries around here?

I finally made it to Positano and wandered down to the waterfront trying not to get distracted by the shops and street stalls. It seems to be that the streets are full of all kinds of shops (clothes, ceramics, art, jewellery, souvenirs, etc), then towards the bottom and along the waterfront are the caffe's and restaurants. I was very excited when I made it to the waterfront and saw the little boat for Da Adolfo restaurant as I had read a few articles about it. Da Adolfo is a secluded restaurant about 5-10 minutes from Positano and you get there by boat. Apparently you can lie out on the sun beds and then pop up to the restaurant when you get hungry. Unfortunately, I didn't have time to do this and I would have had to book the restaurant in advance anyway - next time.

Time for a coffee break and some people watching before the walk back up - this time taking time to peruse the shops and lighten the purse. Check out the Delizio Limone (lemon delight cake) in the photo below - so good! I bought myself some ceramics on the way up, including a couple of espresso cups and saucers. I rarely drink caffeine at home but discovered I actually like the strong, little espresso coffees. I'll have to see if the Nespresso coffee machine at home does a decent espresso.