Thought of the best way to ease the reading and me taking time updating :) . Click on the links below to read my Italy trip. I left the last few as a picture album as pictures can speak a thousand words.....cheh wah. No la, I got lazy to blog really. Hehe
Hen's do; the bride to be's mum is a close friend of my ex-gymnast friend's mum! And they are both now in NZ.
And then here I was trying to make Hainanese Chicken Rice at a friend's place and along came a guy whom I have never met in my life who knows my mum because she taught in the same high school he was in.
And then I finally caught up with ex-gymnast friend of mine who has seen me around NZ for the whole time but never knew that I was there until I left for London. And the freakiest part was that her dad is a close friend of D's dad! And he didn't recognise me!
World is getting tinnier and tinnier as I am growing older and older..........
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.
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
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!
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
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
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
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 :)
We left Capri in the wee early morning and decided to have lunch when we arrive Sorrento instead since things are more reasonable. Had our last yummy breakfast in the garden again before we said our goodbyes to the nice couple. Took the ferry and grabbed our car from the garage. Off we went to search for our next accommodation (cheapest one too)
Hostel name: Camping Village. Mainly for caravans to park their place and for camping. Quite nice area though seeing that there was a swimming pool and another beach to sun bathe.
Headed off to lunch. This was one of the restaurants I like through the trip because the food was reasonable and it was all family owned =)
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D and his yummy seafood spaghetti dish
This salad was huge! and it has mozarella cheese, carrots, rocket leaves, lettuce and tomatoes all for 2.50 Euros. Value!
I finally attempt to try parma ham and melon. One of italian's favourite dish. It was YUM. Am beginning to like sweet and savoury in my dish all at once. That way I don't crave for dessert after.
Off to sunbathe (again)!
Check out the amazing view at the back
Cute triplets blowing bubbles near the swimming pool
After shower and change, off to the city centre to makan......heh, ultimate life eh?
This was one of the touristy restaurants that had value set meals for 10 euros (3 course, which is really good)
Lemon farm smack in the city opposite of this restaurant...they are everywhere
After that, we went to check out the night life in Sorrento. D stumbled across a cafe that had a small dull entrance leading into it but after he poked his head, it lead to a huge garden with a gazebo area, open air seats, mini porches and lovely footpath surrounded by flowers! Would have been lovely during the day.
We left Hostel of the Sun to Sorrento. We did quite well seeing that we didn't have a GPS with us and that we were following the directions on the road. Was about lunchtim so we decided to have lunch at Sorrento since it's much cheaper before we took the Ferry for Capri.
Mmm, more pizza. This time in a square shape. Apparently the one on the left was a popular one. With rocket or basil leaves.
After lunch, we walked around the city for a bit before we head to the port where we took the ferry. When we arrived, our hotel manager was ready to pick us up. We stayed in a lovely cottage on the Anacapri side managed by a retired couple.
The van that picked us up
Capri from afar
Front of the cottage
We headed off to check out the blue grotto, where it was a cave in which the bottom of the sea was lit in light blue. Was amazing to dip since the weather was super hot but D came out with 3 slices on his foot! Poor thing.
We came back to the motel and got a shock of our lives when we turned on the lights...something creepy suddenly crawled into our sheets so fast that we couldn't figure out what it was!! Turned out it was a Cave Centipede, and that it spends its whole life in the dark, hence the swift move to under the sheets. Dave freaked out and he was frantically searching for it and to get rid of it as soon as he sees it. All done but boy,it was one funny sight!
3rd July:
We woke up the next morning to a wonderful breakfast in the garden with fresh home made juice, coffee brewed, hot water for tea, home made cupcakes and bread. T'was simple but wonderful and we had it under the trees...
Yummy
Da group
We then headed out to the top of the hill, where we actually took the chairlift up! Check out the video clip on going up
Was abit overcast, so we couldn't see much but we explored the area abit and sat down for a rest before we head back down. As we got down, the clouds started to clear
Camouflage lizards, they are everywhere
View from the top
Coming down
Headed to the Capri side after for lunch
Main public transport on the island
Cool taxis with open air roof
We took the cable car up to the church centre where we saw more spectacular views of Capri
Lemoncello...they are everywhere!
My lunch, swordfish (very dense meat) Mmmmmm. Check out the lemon piece next to it!
Oh we bumped into an English couple and they gave us a few pointers on where to eat. We pretty much have to look out for any restaurants with the word 'trattoria' on them as that indicates that it is a family owned restaurant. So prices are more reasonable too.
Off we went sunbathing! Capri is really expensive. We had to pay 18 Euros just to sun bathe at a spot and have a hot shower. Good thing there was free shampoo, hair drying facilities and soap too so we made the most of all the services. It was abit overcast when we arrived but hey, we're on holiday!
Marina Piccolo, located on the other side of Capri, much quieter and less busy
After sunbathing, we headed back to the city and killed time while waiting for dinner to come.
Sun set by the balcony again
Vegetables here are huge!
We then head to another recommended place for dinner but the trip took about half an hour from the main city area. Quite nice restaurant by the cliff, but can't remember what I ate, it was quite dark. Onwards to Sorrento.
