Thursday, July 19, 2007

amalfi coast trip

Amalfi has been truely incredible, we spent all our nights at a hostel here in sorrento where we loved it, weve been here with shannon the whole time and experienced alot. We spent a day at capri which was freaking awesome, joaquin was hungover for the day so he spent capri at the beach. Me, shannon and these two aussi girls we met took a tour around the island and then went inside the grotto azurra, OMG that was something else and we also got to go swimming in it which most dont get to do, although we were charged 10 euros each it was the best swim of my life. The following day we rented 2 scooters between the 3 of us to ride around in. It was an awesome beginning riding through the widing roads overlooking these steep cliffs, joaqun started drving first with me on the back then i drove for a while until we came around this and the goped slid out from underneath us. We took a spill going about 10-15 km per hr and i got the worst of it but at least it saved the bike. We turned them in today and they didnt say anything about the few scrathes it had on it. The scraps for me are a bitch to deal with but hey thats life. We will send some pics of the injury and the nice shots of amalfi when we can. Anyways we hoped right back on the bikes and headed for positano but a fire had closed off the roads to positano and amalfi so we wont be seeing those towns, instead we find the really cool little town to hangout at, the marina was called marina de campone. WE hugnout there for awhile then drove to a few other spots until coming back home. Also i buzzed my hair and joaquin got his normal hair cut, i like the buzz though and its way nicer to have in the heat. Today we went to Meta, and me and shannon found this little arch that the water had carved in the rock and we also found some rock jumping, meta was cool little spot but no tourists there, it was the italian getaway. We have had awesome meals at this restaraunt down by the marina here in sorrento and have definitly lived it up here. tomorrow we leave to dubrovnik whcih will be a lonnngg travel day so until then
hasta luego,emilio

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

Finally a blog from Emilio!! I can imagine the grotto experience. How fantastic. You'll always remember moments like that!
I hope your scrapes heal quickly. Make sure you keep them clean so they don't get infected.
So it sounds like you're going to miss Venice. Thats too bad! I guess you can't see it all.
I'm anxious to see photos. I bet your buzz hair cut looks great. Two more weeks left in your trip! Can't wait to see you!
Love you mucho!
Mom

Anonymous said...

Finally a blog from Emilio!! I can imagine the grotto experience. How fantastic. You'll always remember moments like that!
I hope your scrapes heal quickly. Make sure you keep them clean so they don't get infected.
So it sounds like you're going to miss Venice. Thats too bad! I guess you can't see it all.
I'm anxious to see photos. I bet your buzz hair cut looks great. Two more weeks left in your trip! Can't wait to see you!
Love you mucho!
Mom

Anonymous said...

Great to hear from you E. What you miss now you can save for next time. I can't wait to see the pictures. Keep the wounds clean with Hydrogen Peroxide and followed by neosporin. Stay alert on your travel day and take care.
Stay safe and have fun.

Love,

Papa

Anonymous said...

How are you guys.Emilio I miss you alot and take care.I love you buy.

Anonymous said...

Hola ,nice Emilio this was your time to keep us with all the info .
My mom (La Cuca ) read about your scrapes and told me to recommend you to get ALOE VERA is better if you can get it from a real plant usually they are every were but ask and try to put that it really works an heals faster .
It looks like joaco missed a lot of those places tell him next time he cant stay and make sure he goes with you y decile que sino lo reviento cuando llegue .
Cant wait for pictures you guys must look really good with your hair cuts ,especialmente vos Ilike the Idea of the change .
Have Fun try to go to greece ,please .
Take care los dos no more scooters or Janet is going to kick my .....
Love you both mama

Unknown said...

Glad you enjoyed Sorrento. Too bad the road to Positano was closed (Amalfi and Positano are beautiful), but maybe it was a blessing. It´s always nice to spend 2-3 days in one place getting to know it and it´s surroundings, rather than try to see everything. Skipping Pompeii was a mistake though.

I can imagine swimming in the grotto azul. It must have been great. How did you like getting in there? "Everyone down!" Maria and I walked there and back from the high part of town, a good little jaunt. We also stayed in Sorrento for a while and ate down by the marina.

Hey, how come you didn´t mention running into Miguel. Quite a conincidence to run into your cousin at the Spanish Steps. I can imagine what it was like, he with his family and you two in the middle of your crawl :)

Anonymous said...

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