John: Part Two, Trip to Amalfi Coast.

On the trip it was again just one picture postcard view after another. Again another A list, jet set, film festival red carpet location.

       "On the right is Sophia Loren's villa, with private beachfront and elevator up to the road."

         "On our left is the Amalfi's backpacker hostel. Basic room rate for this hotel is €1000 plus 

          a night ... excluding breakfast."

On the way up we stopped at a lemoncello factory. Lemoncello is a lemon drink which is either left as a juice, brewed into an alcoholic cream textured beverage like Bailey's, or a REALLY STRONG liqueur. All of them delicious. The guide must have known I was Australian (she probably read the label on the front of my yellow hat!) because I seemed to end up having more sample than the others. 

          "Because the bottle is shaped like a guitar."  was Julie's indisputable totally rational reason for buying a €10 bottle of the cream version. 

After the factory there were more picturesque views, more quant little villages, and more international A list name dropping. Which took us to lunch, and you dear reader to part three.