Amalfi Coast Summer Vacation 2015

CAPRI

View From The TOp of Monte Solaro, Capri, Italy

with Faroglionni Rocks below …

SORRENTO

A Classic View

VIEW of MARINA GRANDE CAPRI

From ANACAPRI

Photo Copyright Daniel BellinoZwicke

MARINA PICOLO CAPRI

with FARAGLIONI ROCKS in Distance

PIAZZA UMBERTO

CAPRI

Approaching Piazza Umberto

ITALY

ITALIAN BREAKFAST

A Typical Italian Breakfast

CAPPUCCINO e un CORNETTO

Old CAPRI TAXI

Just a Few are Left

LIMONCELLO LADIES

ANACAPRI

CAPRI

GELATO

NAPOLI

My Favorite Lemonade Stand in Italy

Behind the famed Quississana Hotel

and

Across From CAESAR AUGUSTUS GARDENS, CAPRI

Also right by a Wonderful Little Hotel I Used to Stay At,

La TOSCA, a lovely little Hotel with the most Spectacular Views

of Capri and The Faralognni Rocks (most Iconic Symbol of Capri)

The Hotel is lovely and very affordable. I stayed there in 1988, but stayed in Anacapri this time at The Hotel Carmencita.

Me at My Favorite Restorante in Positano

Da VINCENZO

With My Antipasto of Polpo al Griglia e Carciofi Fritte

and a Nice Glass of Greco di Tufo local wine …

SPAGHETTI VONGOLE

al Solotaria Ristorante, Anacapri

RAVELLO

Villa Ruffoli

MINORI

The AMALFI COAST

View From The Terrazzo at VILLA MARIA in Minori

LEMON GROVES at Villa Maria,

Minori

Italy

WORLD’S BEST BREAKFAST

World’s Best Breakfast? I Kid You Not!

This was my typical Breakfast (Colazione) at Villa Maria each of My Three Wonderful Days There Vincenzo the owner Makes all types of different Jams from the fruit he grows on his farmer way up in the hill of the beautiful little town on The Amalfi Coast .. Villa Maria is

a wonderful little farm/ agroturismo Inn in the town of Minori, a cute little town if you want to be on the Amalfi Coast but away from the maddening crowds that overrun the gorgeous little town of Positano.

Vincenzo’s main crop of his farm are Lemons with Olive Tree Groves, Grapevines, and all sorts of fruits and vegetables, along with Chickens (for meat & Eggs) and Pigs to make his awesome Homemade Salami. Vincenzo makes his own wine, Prosciutto, Pancetta, Coppa, and his tasty homemade Fruit Jams which you spread on toast & Cornetto ‘s in the morning for breakfast.

When dinner time comes, Maria (Vincenzo’s wife) makes an awesome Four-Course Dinner with; Antipasto to start, followed by some awesome pasta or another, a main-course of fish, meat, or chicken, and ending with either Fruit or a Dessert that Maria makes (I love the Lemon Cake), and some of Vincenzo’s Homemade Lemoncello.

And of course during the meal you’ll get a bottle of either Vincenzo’s own Vino Bianco or Vino Rosso or both.

Villa Maria is one of the most special places you could ever want to stay at in your life.

It’s a once in a lifetime experience that not many people get a chance to do, and I recommend going there most highly, “You will have the time of your life.”

PACCHERI al FRUTTA di MARE

Mixed Seafood Pasta

“The Best Frutta di Mare Ever” !!! Maria made me this awesome plate of pasta soon after my arrival. Vincenzo picked me up down in Minori at the wonderful Caffe Riso (Best Caffe & Pastry in Town) and drove me to his place (Villa Maria). When we got there Vincenzo gave me a Lemonade made with his own Lemons.

Best Lemonade of my life needless-to-say!

After I had my Lemonade and chit-chatted with Vincenzo Maria & Nadia, I went to my room to take a show and freshen up after my trip from Napoli on the Circumvesuviano Train from Naples to Sorrento, then a bus from Sorrento to Amalfi, and then another bus from Amalfi to Minori, and finally a ride in Vincenzo’s little Fiat Panda Station Wagon from Minori by The Sea, up to Minori in the Mountains below Ravello at Villa Maria.

So after I showered and put on some fresh clothes and went back out to the terrace (terrazzo) Vincenzo asked me if I wanted a little pasta?Hell Yeah!!! Then Vincenzo asked if I wanted some wine. Again, Heck Yeah! I had his Vino Bianco, and when he brought me the plate of pasta(Paccheri with Clams & Mussels) that Maria made me, I was in 7th Heaven!