Golden Summer On The Amalfi Coast
For as long as I can remember, going to Positano was a dream of mine. I’ve studied abroad, then traveled back to Italy, but for whatever reason, never made it over to Positano. As a matter of fact, I never properly enjoyed the experience of truly being in the Amalfi Coast. This time, that was my only goal, to lay out on the Marina Grande in Positano underneath an umbrella on a sun bed. My dream come true!
But let’s start with our train ride from Rome to Napoli. Rome being a metropolitan tourist destination, made it easy for us to say arriverderci to the chaos of the city. Arriving in Napoli Centrale, Napoli’s main train station was just as chaotic, you could literally hear the buzzing of people coming, going, shopping or standing around waiting for their train platform to show up on the marquee. But if you’ve got time on your hands before your trip down south wander around, find yourself some Arancini. And if you’re making a day trip around Napoli, find yourself a sit down restaurant because you’re going to want to eat the pizza. It is out of this world. We were more than eager to find our train to Sorrento, which I should mention is not nearly as nice as TrenItalia. The Circumvesuviana train headed south of Napoli is hot, crowded, humid, and quick. If you’re lucky, you’ll get a seat and a slight breeze whenever the train doors open and shut. If you’re unlucky you’ll have caught you arm in the rapidly shutting train doors, as one unlucky Italiano did shouting at his friend to get on the train! Oh boy get me to Sorrento!
