3 October, Praiano, Amalfi Coast, Italy

We left San Gimignano (reluctantly) this morning just before 9 am, for the 550km trip to our next destination which is Praiano on the Amalfi Coast in Italy. If you've not heard of the Amalfi Coast, it is some of the most spectacular scenery any of us have ever seen located near Naples and Sorrento. All the towns here are hugging a huge cliff plunging straight down to the sea. I haven't had a chance to take any photos yet because the light was already starting to fade as we arrived. To give you some ideas of where we are I've borrowed this photo which is taken less than a kilometre of where we are.

I'll post some of my own photos tomorrow. The trip from Tuscany was uneventful until we got down here. As you can imagine from this picture, roads here are winding, very narrow and very busy, so the 20km trip to Praiano was full of excitement. We are planning to spend the next four days here enjoying the local sites and then on the last day, when we return to Rome airport, we will visit Pompeii. From there it is straight to the airport and then home. Much as we've enjoyed ourselves we are also looking forward to getting home.