- Monday, August 10th: Lemon Grove Tour. We took a boat to Amalfi and visited one of the area's oldest and most ilustrious family-owned lemon groves. The lemons from this farm are used to make some of the most delicious Limoncello liqueur around. The owner maintains the highest standards of organic farming and his family has done much to preserve the traditional methods of lemon tree raising and maintenance.
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| Lemon grove |
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| La Valle dei Mulini, Amalfi |
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| Vilma enjoying lemon cake |
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| Our tour group |
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| A bus stop in Amalfi |
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| Leaving Amalfi |
- Monday, August 10th: La Notte di San Lorenzo (Night of the Shooting Stars). This evening typically has the highest number of shooting stars visible. It is a longstanding tradition in Positano that young people go to the beach and stay up until the wee hours eating pizza and watching out for shooting stars. Instead of shooting stars, we saw a wonderful lightning display over the sea, as a big storm front rolled in.
- Tuesday, August 11th: The highlight of the day was the birdbath full of risotto al burro e parmigiano that I ordered for dinner. Granted, it almost put me in a food coma, but it was delicious! Also wonderful was seeing an old friend, Carla Mastro at her family's beautiful store. We have known her father, Antonio de Luise for over 40 years! Mastro carries beautiful creations in linen designed by her husband and sold by her charming son, Ivan. If you are ever in Positano, check it out.
- Wednesday, August 12th: The day started for me at 5:45am with an impromptu Dawn Concert by a large brass orchestra featuring music from Swan Lake, Carmen and something by Verdi or Souza. It was hard to tell with all the tubas. The highlights of the day were an afternoon swim off Li Galli Islands and The Shrimp Tower for dinner. It's a tower, made of Sicilian prawns, balanced precariously on top of a toast with baby shrimp tartare. What's not to love...
- Thursday, August 13th: Music on the Rocks. Today was the birthday of a dear friend of long-standing, Martina. We celebrated on an idyllic rooftop crowning the seaside disco, Music on the Rocks, where we spent many an evening over the years.
- Friday, August 14th: La Vigilia. The eve of Ferragosto is a very important day in Italy. I know that because I awakened to another brass band and an excess of bell ringing in honor of La Santa Vergine Maria Assunta. It is the day when they raise (a replica) of a medieval painted icon of the Madonna and fly it between the church tower and the western side of the bay.
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