Where Gods Walk

And all of a sudden it was our last day in Sorrento. We headed down in to the city nice and early to grab a bus down the Amalfi Coast, to the town of Amalfi. The views were incredible, and we saw the islands where Homer’s Sirens lived along the way (which is why Sorrento is named Sorrento. See, there was a reason to me calling it our Southern Italy Odyssey!) Here are a few choice pictures from the ride:

Vesuvio!

The Siren's Islands

Positano, Port of Amalfi

After an hour and a half of twists and turns and a bit of nausea, we arrived in Amalfi, the town the coast is named after. We walked around the town a bit and saw some interesting stuff, such as

Duomo of Amalfi

And

Not the Duomo of Amalfi

After wandering around for a bit we grabbed the bus up to Bomerano, where the hike we had researched, the Sentiero degli Dei (Path of the Gods) begins. Aptly named. Incredible views, beautiful hike. Take a look:

It was also all downhill, so that made it even better.

When we reached the town at the end of the trail, Nocelle, we stopped and ate picnic lunch in the main square and watched Italian life go by. We weren’t quite back in Positano yet, however, and had

Remember how I mentioned those 300 up in Capri just being the beginning? Well this was our end. My knees have never hurt so much as they did after we got down all 1700. It was ridiculous. At least I got a good workout, seeing as I hardly worked out at all my whole time in Italy.

We got back to Positano and had to wait about 40 minutes for the bus back to Sorrento, but our bodies appreciated the long break. We got back to Sorrento, grabbed our bags from the hostel, got the train back to Naples and hopped on the next train to Rome, where our story continues in my next post!