Rome Day Five - Drive to Positano, Italy

Why does it always seem like the things you packed multiplied and no longer fit into the luggage? It was tough repacking our stuff. We didn't even do any shopping except the italian purse that I bought and a few tshirts. We were ready early so we were just sitting in the room when the phone rang. The front desk informed me that the car had been waiting for us since 9:00. It was supposed to come at 10:00 as far as we knew. It was now 9:20 so we quickly got our things together. We didn't want our car to leave. They said they would't wait 15 minutes.

I guess Avis had called the hotel yesterday and left a message that they were coming at 9:00 instead of 10:00. The front desk gave me the message as I checked out. The clerk last night forgot to give it to us. UGH

We walked as fast as we could down to the McDonalds. By the way, another suitcase has been broken on a flight. Lia's suitcase wheel was completely broken off when we came back at Christmas time and now our large duffle has a broken wheel. I half dragged it down the cobbly sidewalks. You can just picture John looking back at me saying "hurry up!"

We had no problem getting the car. They did wait for us. I have just one word to say. Navigators! John accidently turned it off and when he turned it back on, he couldn't get it to work. We sat there for at least 30 minutes trying to get it to work. Just when I called Avis for help the thing started talking. So we just started driving. We did a lot of right turns and left turns all through Rome. When we crossed by the Autostrada, I knew there was a problem. I had to ask for help. John always makes me go in and ask. Anyway, we were heading to some place and it wasn't Positano. We finally got the Navi set correctly and after several mistakes, made it to Positano.

I was dizzzy and on the verge of motion sickness. I don't know how the girls didn't throw up. There were so many turns and curves! But the coast was soooooo beautiful. Positano is a charming city of the cliff side of the Almalfi Coast. The area is just gorgeous. The driving is just crazy. John said he was done driving. Tomorrow we would not go to Naples or Pompeii. We would hang out in Positano. I didn't blame him.

After a short rest we headed down to see the beach. To get down to the beach you have to walk down stairs while winding through the narrow streets. It was definitely nothing like anything I had ever experienced.


The Sea was pretty and looking up at the town was amazing. The beach is not sandy but small pebbles. The girls had fun "accidently" getting wet.


We ate dinner at a seaside restaurant. It looked like the only thing open. In fact the town, from what we could see, was a little dead. It was still off season so not much was happening. About the only excitement during dinner was when a stray black dog came into the restaurant and came up to our table. He then laid down right next to John. The girls were thrilled.

I wanted to take the town bus back up to our hotel but John and Lily wanted to walk the stairs. It was tough so I made sure I counted each step. There were 476 steps to get back up to our hotel!!

Enjoy these pictures, John took some excellent shots. There will be more beautiful pictures tomorrow.