[ Oct.2015 ] It was raining on the second day in Sorrento, southern Italy. According to the forecast, the weather should have improved but, in the end, we had rain all day. However, as this…

[ Oct.2015 ] If you look at a map, Sorrento, where we stayed, is very close to Naples. Naples is famous as the birthplace of contemporary pizza. Many people from Naples make pizzas all over…

[ Oct.2015 ] That night, we strolled around the town of Sorrento. Some shops were still open and one of them was an inlaid wood workshop. We watched how they worked and observed their collection….

[ Oct.2015 ] The last thing in our Amalfi Coast tour in southern Italy was late lunch. The guide took us to a restaurant called Calajanara in Conca dei Marini where there is an “Emerald…

[ Oct.2015 ] The next place we visited during our Amalfi Coast tour was Amalfi itself. This town became  the first city-state in the 7th century. In the 11th century, the Normans defeated them and they…

[ Oct.2015 ] The next destination during our tour of the Amalfi Coast in southern Italy was Ravello. We went up the winding slope to the town that is about 360 metres above sea level. Apparently this town…

[ Oct.2015 ] Positano is the town between Sorrento and Amalfi along the Amalfi Coast in southern Italy. This town looks like the hills are wrapped by houses. To visit the town we went down…

[ Oct.2015 ] The next day, we travelled around the Amalfi Coast on the personal tour, which we had booked beforehand. Usually we travel haphazardly, but this time our family was with us so we had…

[ Oct.2015 ] Our family holiday in Italy continues. We flew from Venice to Naples and stayed in Sorrento. The hotel was called Grand Hotel De La Ville, which was located about a 10 minutes…