As one last hurrah before we settled into the ‘real world’, we headed to the Amalfi Coast. For four nights, we stayed in an awesome AirBnB with five of our favourite people from New Zealand who are now living all over the place.
From Gatwick, we flew to Naples and then took a taxi to our Air BnB in Amalfi. Taking the bus is a better option financially, but there were four of us aaaand we just wanted to get there, so we got a taxi.
We were greeted by our hosts daughter who led us through the lemon trees to the house. Two of our friends were already there and we enjoyed some homegrown limoncello while trying (and failing) to communicate with our host Raffaele, before heading out for pizza and the first of many Aperol Spritz.
Raffaele was the most amazing host. He was never without a smile and despite him not speaking any English and us not speaking any Italian, he made the best tour guide, driving us around and picking us up from wherever we wanted to go.
On our first full day we ventured into the Amalfi town, got some pastries and coffee and strolled the stunning streets without a plan. After a couple of hours we headed back up to the house via a local market to meet Maddy – our last but definitely not least addition to our Amalfi crew. She got settled in and we spent the afternoon on our deck overlooking the Amalfi coast eating Caprese salad, cheese, prosciutto, freshly-baked bread, and drinking Aperol Spritz. Horrible, huh.
The next day Raffaele drove us to the ferry and headed around the coast to Positano. After a ‘breakfast’ of pizza and coffee, we hired some beach loungers for 10Euro each which was apparently ‘a very good price’, and spent the day swimming in insanely clear water, lying in the sun and drinking some cold beers. After some gelato we headed back, stopping in at the market to buy a few bottles of wine and ingredients for another big platter that we enjoyed watching the sunset over the sea. Again, another horrible day.
On our last full day in Amalfi, Raffaele drove us to the beautiful town of Ravello. We spent a few hours meandering around the quaint alleyways, leading us to a stunning garden estate overlooking the whole coast. We settled under a shady table on the cliff edge and had a glass of rose (pretty sure it was at least 11am so it’s ok) and headed back into the town square. After we got the bus back to Amalfi, half of us had a swim and headed back to the house to chill and the other half got the boat around to the next bay for some more beach time. That night we had our last dinner at a place that had a great view, great wine, and average food. It didn’t matter though because the company was great too.
Everyone else left super early the next morning while Scott and I had a sleep in and made our way back to Naples by bus. But not before finding AMAZING sandwiches in Amalfi town – blue cheese, walnut and prosciutto still-warm bread anyone? Yes.
The next night we stayed in an AirBnb in Naples. To be honest, apart from delicious pizza, Naples wasn’t that great. We put it down to issues with our London flat coming in via email, and the resulting anxiety of reality. That didn’t last long though as we were off to Morocco 🙂
Scott and Han 