Its Amalfi, nothing's impossible

Jordan and I have had a fabulous day in a fabulous place. We went to bed last night around 9:30 and didn't get up today until around 9:30, yeah I looove sleep. We had an amazing breakfast of a lemon pastry and chocolate pastry with orange juice and a cappuccino. The owner of our bed and breakfast, Pino, is probably the nicest, most hospitable person I've ever met. This morning when Jordan and I mentioned that we wanted to go to Amalfi, a 'nearby' town and asked him how to get there he gave us bus passes and then offered to take us there in his car (so we used the bus passes coming home).

I mentioned before that we are staying on cliff, which makes for incredible views but sort of scary, long drives. Furore (where we are) is only around 4 miles from Amalfi as the crow flies. But to drive there you have to go along these windy roads on the edge of the cliff. Pino is a great driver though so we had no problem getting there. He dropped us off in the city center and we ventured under an archway into the town square to start our day. We ducked into a few shops before realizing there was a massive cathedral in front of us so we climbed the billion stairs up to it and went in. There appeared to be a service going on but from where we were in the back we couldn't see what was going on so we kept going forward until we realized that we had just walked in on a wedding! Yeah, Jordan and I are the ultimate wedding crashers. We left the cathedral and bust out laughing and then continued our day.

Most of our day was spent shopping around, looking at all sorts of souvenirs and pottery and jewelery and all sorts of fun stuff. After a bit we went down to the beach and started looking around at the rocks. Jordan discovered a bit of green sea glass, and then some more and for the next hour or so we walked along a small stretch of beach collecting enough rocks and sea glass to fill our pockets. We later bought some decorative bottles that we're going to fill the rocks with, yay art project!

We stopped into a small, cute little restaurant for lunch/dinner. It was fabulous. The owner was such a charmer and we met this really nice couple from America and talked to them about traveling and the sorts. We were discussing the area and how everything is built up on cliffs and that is where the blog title comes from; the lady said she had talked to a hotel owner who said that and it really does say a lot about these people's lifestyle. I just can't imagine living like this, but somehow so many people do.

After lunch we bought some souvenirs, ate some gelato and then made our way back up to the B&B. We had started planning for the next week and went to ask Pino some questions and he is going to be such a great help! Its going to be a full week, but we're getting some rest and seeing some really great and different things. Tomorrow we're off to Rovello, a historic town where all the rich people live but first "you must sleep in," says Pino so that we will do.