Ally & Cristians Vacation: Wednesday

Hello everybody. It's Thursday morning here in Sorrento which means it's 4:30 there in Reading. I don't suppose anybody would like a phone call at 4am...... OK, I'll enter the details from Wednesday evening.

When last we wrote, we were settled in Sorrento at a great hotel. After Ally awoke from her afternoon nap, we went took a walk around the streets to scout out the shopping. Sorrento seems to be a very good place to shop for value priced things. We bought some things in Capri, but we were smart enough to know how overpriced it was. Lucca really didn't have much to offer except for cured meat and cheese and I doubt they would allow spoiled salami or rancid provalone on the airplane. Sorrento has a great mix of stores, lots of things caught our eye, so today (Thursday) we shop.

The hotel recommended we take a taxi to the seaport for a nice dinner. So off we went at about 7:30 to the Marina Grande which is one of two seaports here. Marina Grande is where the fishing boats come in so it's very old fashioned/non-touristy and authentic. Most of the restaurants were closed there, but we settled into the Taverna Azzura. Here is a photo of our waiter, from afar it is difficult to notice how much chest hair was bulging out of his shirt, trust me it was prolific.

Hairy Chested Waiter.

Ally's Crab Ravioli

The food was fantastic, we had a bottle of wine (again, only one because were were behaving ourselves), smoked swordfish/salmon/tuna appetizer, gnocci with mozzarella and sauce, crab ravioli (shown in photo) and sirloin steak. $77.00 (in Euros), for another 5 star meal. There just is no way we can appreciate food back in America. Everything here is so robust and flavorful.

After both of our meals in Sorrento, lunch yesterday and dinner yesterday we were given lemon liquor shots on the house. Sorrento is famous for lemons, everything is served with lemons. In keeping with our tradition of stealing something from everywhere we go, I acquired a great linen napkin. It has a mermaid on it that looks like Ally (only with a tail of course).

After dinner we went to a fantastic bar/lounge for coffee. Then back to our hotel for white russians. Of course the white russians were the best thing ever. It's really stupid how good everything that you put into your mouth is here. I really don't understand why everything is different...and better.