Jordan and I bought a day ticket for the SITA Sud bus and set off to explore the Amalfi coast. The bus travels over the top of the peninsula from Sorrento, and goes through Positano and Praiano ending in Amalfi. it takes about 2 hours. The road is extremely narrow and oftentimes the cars have to stop to let the bus through. The drivers are nuts! Squeezing cars and buses along the concrete barrier with less than a centimetre to spare. The views are spectacular. The water is an azure blue, crystal clear and calm. The coastline is steep, often vertical cliffs dropping straight into the water. There are lots of little fishing boats and not so little luxury yachts dotted about. There are occasional beaches far below the road that can be reached by steep flights of steps cut into the rock face.
Amalfi is a cute little town perched on the steep rock-face. It has a gorgeous church covered in mosaics overlooking the piazza. We had a light lunch and did some window shopping along the tiny little streets before heading for a swim on the public beach. On our way back to Sorrento we hopped of the bus in Positano and headed along it's narrow little shopping pedestrian walkway. We bought a few little bracelets and had a cappuccino and a fragola granita overlooking the lovely view. I tried to convince Jordan to take the ferry back, but he is convinced they are unsafe so we climbed back up the mountain to continue on the bus.
Being the bus driver that does that trip a few times a day must be one of the most stressful jobs in the world!
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