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Arrivederci Roma, Torna a Sorrento

 

We started our day in Rome with our Toasty and cappucino with Amaretto.  We were waiting for our private driver to Sorrento.  This was the one big splurge.  I paid for us to have a private drive to Sorrento and back to Rome so we did not have to worry about transportation and it would just be easy.  Best decision and money every spent.  
There was beautiful scenery as we drove.  We got to Sorrento late morning.  It was just wonderful.  We were able to check in the the hotel when we got there.  
We then settled in and sat on our little balcony.  for a moment.  Sorrento just felt right, like home.  





We were a little hungry at this point so we walked out of the hotel and onto Palazzo Tasso and found a restaurant in the square to get something to eat for lunch.  It was just so amazingly fresh.  The picture does not do the color of those yolks justice.  They are orange.  I had my first Sorrento Limoncello Spritz.  Being further south it was warmer and just beautiful.  After breakfast we just started our Italian behavior of walking aimlessly.  





We found a Citrus grove and just walked around.  








We enjoyed the views.  We also saw another church, imagine that a church in Italy.  



 



After lunch, walking and all of that, Ronnie saw that right down from out hotel was a barber shop.  He really wanted to get his hair cut (and I think he thought it was cool to say he got a haircut in Italy).  



We walked around again, Sorrento is so easy to explore.  We had decided that our first night's dinner was going to be at Trattoria Da Emilia.  Everyone we knew who had been to Sorrento and was of Italian decent told us this was the place to go.  Before we went we just walked and went looking at the water.  




We then decided to check out the swanky hotel and go to the rooftop bar for a drink.  We went to Hotel La Favorita, BellaVista Cocktail Bar.  My drink was amazing, the snacks they brought out were to die for.  They were full on appetizers.  





We then took the long windy walk down to Emilia.  It was such a cool walk and made me jealous that as a college student I did not have this type of housing and areas available.  LOL.  We got there and all of these people were waiting forever just to be able to sit on a dock, Ronnie and I were fine with sitting in the restaurant.  It was even better.  We got to watch the old guy sitting in the corner directing everyone and telling them how to do their jobs.  I had the house red, that was a small.  Then I ordered the fresh fish and Ronnie ordered pasta.  Those were real tomatoes hanging from the ceiling.  The meal, homestyle, wonderful.  






We then did the windy walk back up.  We decided to stop at Bar Ercolano.  This would ultimately become "our" bar to go to every night.  It was such a great place and so much fun.  This is the tabletop- such a cool design.  





Ronnie had an old fashioned and I had an espresso con ciocolata and we split a lemon desert.  Today was such an amazing day, I cannot wait for every other day.  








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