Vietri sul mare
We rose to blue skies and peeling bells – it being Easter Sunday – and in following the bells to find where they were coming from, we stumbled upon a zone of street art a stone’s throw from where we were staying. We then went hunting for breakfast, many places were shut with it being Easter Sunday, but we discovered a lovely cafe where barely a word of English was spoken and we feasted on coffee, croissant and a local Pasqua (Easter) cake.
Then it was onto the Amalfi bus, but only for a short ride today to the neighbouring town of Vietri sul mare. It was a very arty (but not pretentious) town and first stop for us was a “garden” with colourful ceramics snaking their way throughout.
The town itself was pretty, and busy with Italians emerging from Easter morning services. It was lovely to wander the streets, take in the sights, listen to the lingo and stop for the occasional coffee.
We then stocked up on local pizza and sandwiches before heading down to the beach where we spent a chilled few hours, eating said lunch, paddling, reading, soaking up the sun (the bottom of my legs may have got a little sunburnt!) and just having the best of times.
Amazingly, the hike back up the hill into town didn’t seem as long as the way down and after the first gelato of the holiday, we hopped back on the bus back to Salerno. Later that evening, we went out to eat in Trattoria aRoma – the food was fine, but it deserves a mention for the comedy/drama we were treated to as the hapless waiting staff struggled to match dish with table. Our food came out (about) the right time, and the right dishes, but not all dinners were so lucky. An amusing and entertaining end to a fantastic day.
