Arriving at the port of Naples. We walked from the ship to a tobacco shop where one can buy tickets for the tram taking us to the train station headed for Sorrento. Make sure you ask for the Circumvesuviana train station.
Sorrento, Capri and Amalfi compete over the origin of Limoncello.
On a previous cruise we visited Capri so I could get my Graham Greene fix since I was on a reading binge of his writing at the time. This time we took the train to Sorrento and were delighted to find the streets lined with orange and lemon trees.
Since I make limoncello each year, with organic lemons from friend's trees, Sorrento was a place I had to see.
Charming, subtly hued buildings.
The orange-colored liqueur on the top shelf is made from melon.
The caption says it all.
Candies, soap, hand lotion, what have you, is all made from locally grown Sorrento lemons.
Not to be overshadowed these bags of pasta come in all shapes and colors. This is Italy after all.
Capodimonte porcelain shown here was established in Naples, Italy and emulated Meissen porcelain. Its history goes back to 1743 and originally Spain's King Charles VII had porcelain flowers produced for the Queen since he was allergic to flowers.
Street view of the charming Societa Operaia, a 13th Century Gothic style building with arches and balustrades of marble and walls frescoed with columns, figures and other ornamentations. The dome was added in the 16th century.
Nobility use to meet here. Now it's called the "worker's club."
From this high elevation looking down the narrow street to the sea.
Goodbye. Already I hear the call "Come
back to Sorrento."
Piano di Sorrento is a stop just before Sorrento. Don't get off here.
From the train Mt. Vesuvius can be seen. It's the only active volcano on mainland Europe. The last eruption was in 1944.