Day 32 June 23, 2023 (Sorrento)
After a decent night’s sleep, John made coffee and we headed out to find the grocery store as we had no breakfast/dinner supplies. We finally found the favorite store, Conan, and got what we needed for the next couple of days. We headed back to the room where John fixed us breakfast and we planned out what we were doing to do for the day. We decided to just get out and walk around and see what there was to see. John wanted to find where the port was as we wanted to book a boat for a day trip to Capri next week. We walked around for about two hours and then it was time for a lunch/drink break. The sun is very intense here and while it was only 80 degrees, it felt much hotter than that.
We found a nice little place near the water, and both had Cesar salads (I had shrimp, John had salmon) and it came with garlic bread, which was a change, as you usually just get plain bread. We imbibed on an Aperol spritz as well and just sat and enjoyed watching the boats. After lunch we explored some more, checking out little stores and just getting acquainted with the area. Later, we stopped for a drink, then headed back to the BNB. We realized we had not gotten any vegetables while we were at the store, so decided to walk back there again (we found a shortcut as we finally got the lay of the land) and stopped at a fruitteria stand that had fresh vegetables too. Vegetables in hand, back we went and then stopped at the little Despar store (like a convenience store) and grabbed a bottle of wine. Showers taken; we started dinner. We made chicken cutlets, green beans with tomatoes, and an asparagus risotto. Desert was a piece of chocolate with a limoncello. It is now called limoncello as we are in Sorrento and the lemons are infused longer than with limoncino. Limoncino is from the Ligurian area (Cinque Terra) so it’s all about the territories as to how it is made and called. Your history lesson for the day 😊
We found out that the beaches and most activities are more crowded on the weekends as the Italians are off work and are out playing as well. We plan to do most of our things during the week when it may be less crowded with the “regulars”. We will see how it works!
While we have had a wonderful experience so far, we are starting to miss home and our family/friends.
Miles walked – 7.60 Ciao!
