Good Evening from Sorrento

Oh wow, what a beautiful place we have come to! Sorrento is 70 minutes south of Naples, by train. And when you arrive here, you are greeted with incredible vistas, a fun town, and cruise ships in the bay. We had about a 20 minute walk from the train station to our hotel, and we really enjoyed it. It's such a fun town to walk through - so many different kinds of shops, selling all sorts of interesting things (not the typical touristy stuff). We have a lot of fun window shopping. We don't do real shopping because we don't have anywhere to put anything else.

Our hotel is on a cliff, overlooking the bay. We have a terrace patio off of our room, which we are enjoying. Eric described this as the perfect place to spend our anniversary. (Don't forget - it also comes with Mt. Vesuvius, which equals hiking adventures, so I think that's why Eric thinks this is perfect.) :-) Pompeii is a short train ride away, and the island of Capri is a short boat ride away, so we have a lot of fun options for what we will do with our time here. We are staying five nights, before heading to Venice.

Tonight we had a yummy dinner at a restaurant that is located in a roof-top garden. We were surrounded by purple wisteria and other beautiful plants. At one point, a gecko crawled across the wall and made a funny sound at us. I have never heard a gecko's call before, so it was interesting. (Earlier on the trip, in Bern, we heard some goats screaming for their dinner, and they sound like little kids throwing tantrums. It was so funny that Eric immitates the noise any time he wants to make me laugh. In Zermatt, we heard some sheep making a "bleahhhh" sound, instead of "baa", so I make that noise in return. It's interesting that European animals sound different than our little critters back home.)

Anyway... we are wandering around the town still, so I will keep this short. Hope everyone is doing well. Enjoy these pictures.