A Day Off, Please

by safarisogood

Wednesday, we decided to stay in Sorrento and relax. The students headed out at 7 am to visit Napoli and make another attempt to get to the top of Mt. Vesuvias. We started the morning having breakfast in the Hotel at 9:30. We then walked to the train station to see how far away it is, in preparation for our departure Monday, and to make sure we could find it. It’s not far, if you don’t take into consideration how frickin’ humid it is here, even at 10:30 am, and we did find it. We also discovered a lovely, raised community garden. The shaded orchard was a nice respite from the heat. We took a few pictures and walked slowly back to the room to cool off. We went out again for lunch and found some very nice limoncello and looked through a few shops. Then, back again to hang out in our air conditioned room until later in the day.

A cathedral at the end of a "street"

A cathedral at the end of a “street”

Lots of scooters here.  Gas is approx $6 a gallon.

Lots of scooters here. Gas is approx $6 a gallon.

A raised orchard.

A raised orchard.

The sign explaining the orchard is a community garden.

The sign explaining the orchard is a community garden.

A mural near the entrance of the community garden.

A mural near the entrance of the community garden.

Michael walking down a long covered area of the garden.

Michael walking down a long covered area of the garden.

Me walking through the garden.

Me walking through the garden.

Lunch begins with Spritzs for each of us - orange liquor, Proseco, and soda water!  Yum

Lunch begins with Spritzs for each of us – orange liquor, Proseco, and soda water! Yum

An alleyway fruit vendor.

An alleyway fruit vendor.

 

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