Sorry for the delay on the blog post, it was a rather long day. Yesterday we took a tour down the Amalfi coast. Our guide was a man named Tonino who was a very entertaining and informative driver. After we took the train to Sorrento and found him, he introduced himself and drove us to see the view of both the Amalfi coast and Sorrento, (a view of both of the gulfs in the Tyrrhenian from the cliff) before descending toward the coast and the town of Positano. in the town of Positano we meandered around the shops and down to the ocean. Being that it's the off season, all the shops were getting ready for the influx of people that will be coming in about a month. After an hour of wandering around and seeing the sights, we met back with Tony and the car and set off to the town of Amalfi. The picture of the lemon with the sunglasses shows how large the Sorrento area lemons are.

After more stunning views and a quick stop to take photos of a beautiful 5-star hotel that many famous actors and actresses regularly stay at, we arrived in Amalfi. In Amalfi, Sandy had found a paper museum that we decided to visit. Three years ago the Latin Geeks on the trip to England went to a pencil museum, so we thought it fitting to bookend that with a paper museum. The museum is the oldest paper mill in Europe and it dates back to the 1300's. We were able to see the many different processes it has used to make paper through the ages. After we had our tour of the paper museum, we were surprised by running into Lars' grandmother, who is visiting Italy as well.

Our final stop before we headed back to Sorrento was Ravello, a town high in the hills above the coast. We had lunch in a restaurant a little bit below the main town, and then walked around eating the gelato we got for dessert. In Ravello, we mostly just enjoyed the amazing view of the coast as many of the historic villas were a bit on the expensive side. We wandered from one end of the town to the next (none of us had seen that many steps before) until it was time to go home. We returned to Sorrento, bid goodbye to Tony, and got on the train to Vico Equense. After the short train ride back we went to the villa and turned in for the night.