Italia - Amalfi Day 5
7/19/2009 11:39:00 pm
We left Sorrento and headed to Amalfi through the coastal areas. We passed a city called Positano, whereby we tried to look for a park to have lunch but no luck since the road were narrow and there was tow away signs everywhere. We skipped it and headed off to the next small town (I can't remember what it was called).
Driving through these small towns were quite interesting in the sens that the road were narrow and each town were quite close to each other (no gaps in between). The views were amazing through the journey.
Driving through these small towns were quite interesting in the sens that the road were narrow and each town were quite close to each other (no gaps in between). The views were amazing through the journey.
Italy, Amalfi - Driving by Amalfi Coast from Gjin Ow on Vimeo.
Like Malaysia, there were side stalls and tunnels while driving
Some of the towns we passed and will be
Side stall
Tunnel
Lunch
D's lunch, alot of gnyoki (carbs) heh
My dessert tiramisu, shared
Some of the towns we passed and will be
Side stall
Tunnel
Lunch
D's lunch, alot of gnyoki (carbs) heh
My dessert tiramisu, shared
The day was shorten while we were looking for our next accomodation, as we over drove past the place in which not having a GPS nor phone signal helped. So after 2 hours (which took us to about 4pm), we finally found the lady and she took us to the place. We parked our car and walked through a few alleys. This place was unrated but was also family owned and a new business. We were amazed when arriving because the place really show what local accomodation in South Italy is all about taking away the tourist over-rated places.
Check this out, parking slip that was used in Malaysia at one stage. It's like a scratchy...scratch the hours you want
2 hours later...Mini town where the accomodation is, half an hour drive from Amalfi
Footpath leading to the place
Entrance, greeted by grape vines. So pretty
I am amazed...I had to touch them!
Check this out, parking slip that was used in Malaysia at one stage. It's like a scratchy...scratch the hours you want
2 hours later...Mini town where the accomodation is, half an hour drive from Amalfi
Footpath leading to the place
Entrance, greeted by grape vines. So pretty
I am amazed...I had to touch them!
We stayed in one room for 6, there were 4 bunk beds and a queen size bed. Very comfortable B&B accomodation with air conditioning, amazing hill view, hot shower, large linens, breakfast in the morning, requested reasonable dinners if we want and of course washing services.
Since the day had ended, we drove out along the coastal area to admire the view. We stopped somewhere close to admire the view before dinner came quick.
Amazing
Since the day had ended, we drove out along the coastal area to admire the view. We stopped somewhere close to admire the view before dinner came quick.
Amazing
Here comes another exciting bit...hungry = find restaurant = any trattorias + carpark space. So when all equation equals, we went into another one, not realising that it was a Michelin restaurant after we got out! The waiter spent a good 3 minutes explaining each dish we asked to the minute and passionate detail. He even gave a few pointers to make it your own at home! Talk about sharing is caring. I love people like this, they can go very far in life.
Starters, and on the house - Bread, deep fried Zuchinni flowers in flour and a slice of octopus as a sample to try. It tasted like chicken. Even one of our friends who was not into seafood loved it!
Highly recommended dish - The all time spaghetti seafood that was popular since 1969 and was made to that way ever since. Comes in a paper bag.
Me and my deep fried zuchinni flowers stuffed with cheese of all sorts
And when we finished, they gave us FULL bottles of lemoncello and meloncello! I could only afford one shot of course
Amalfi at night, in which we saved it to check out the next day
Clear night
Starters, and on the house - Bread, deep fried Zuchinni flowers in flour and a slice of octopus as a sample to try. It tasted like chicken. Even one of our friends who was not into seafood loved it!
Highly recommended dish - The all time spaghetti seafood that was popular since 1969 and was made to that way ever since. Comes in a paper bag.
Me and my deep fried zuchinni flowers stuffed with cheese of all sorts
And when we finished, they gave us FULL bottles of lemoncello and meloncello! I could only afford one shot of course
Amalfi at night, in which we saved it to check out the next day
Clear night
We got back to our room, having to be greeted by one of nature's 'friendliest' creatures....a scorpion! OMG, and I thought it was just a toy stuck on the wall. David has never done something crazy in his life to capture it and he did it smoothly as always. It's a baby one but they are much softer when you try to slide them. Absolutely crazy.
Hello
Hello
The rest of the final days will be a picture post as I am getting tired of writing (yea yea, super lazy la) and I'm sure you're getting tired of reading,kekeke. So don't be surprised if the other links to the photo album instead :)
