The Grand Tour - Day 14

Due to real problems getting internet access, I am going to start at this point and work backwards.  I am currently (day 15) sitting in a shady area close to reception at the Campsite Beata Solitudo in the mountains above the Amalfi Coast, trying to get a strong enough signal to be able to actually upload something.

Day 14 (Friday 12 June)

Today we took a day out to relax and re-hydrate as I was worried I might have broken lovely husband. This holiday-making malarky is hard work!  

Our campsite is below this construction site which is where General Avitabile's palace once stood.  This was demolished in 1937 since it had become derelict in the years after his death. Local rumour has it that he was poisoned by his 16 year old niece whom he had married after returning from the wars a rich hero in his 50s.  Dirty old sod!

View from village to Capri in distance

Campanula fragilis (?)

After getting our washing done and hung out on a roof area, we had a wander into the village and visited the gelateria where I had a very refreshing duo of lemon and strawberry sorbet and Frogge had a duo of coffee and tiramisu ice cream. Judging from the happy noises, his was pretty good :-)

Then we strolled along the cliff-top path taking in the dizzying drop beneath us - we are over 2000 feet up here.  There are lots of pretty flowers and butterflies and lizards, and temperatures up here are much lower than down below: a refreshingly cool 24 degrees this afternoon.