TripTracker.net - Western Europe 2010, Chilling in Sorrento

Prologue: Tribute to the SWC South Africa 2010!D-Day: A beginning Eastfield to Istandbul: Grumpyness at 30000ft Turkish shuttle Istanbul by day Istanbul by night Long walk to freedom Lisbon walking tour Discovering Lisbon Exploring Sintra Fado’s night out The rain in Spain falls mainly on my brain A day in medieval Toledo Madrid on a Sunday Flamenco por una buena causa To Barcelona Barcelona! Barcelona!Gaudi in the morning Olympic in the afternoon Chilling in Barcelona La Rambla To Nice A Nice night Relax, take it Eze Monaco in an afternoon Chilling in Nice To Venice Our first day in Venice The attempt at Venice night photos The second day in Venice The last night in Venice The Farewell Frenzy in Firenze Exploring Florence Conquering the Dome Conquering the Torra Lucca, I am your father Picnic in Pisa A day in Pisa When in Rome…Ancient scorching Rome Welcome to Naples (and its crazy traffic)A day in Capri Ancient scorching Pompeii To Santa Fortunata Chilling in Sorrento Back to Rome Aida and the catacombs The Vatican in a flash The End

jnroux

Western Europe 2010

Chilling in Sorrento

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Jul 15 2010, 11:17 AM

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Somerset West, South Africa

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Sorrento, Italy

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As planned when we chose the camp site, we chilled to the max today! We decided, however, to do a brief spot-check on Sorrento while we were here. So at about 10:00 we took the bus (line A) to the centre of Sorrento, browsed through the many stalls in the main “tourist” streets, and took line A back to the Santa Fortunata at about 12:00. Riana made us lunch at the green cabin (salami & Philadelphia cheese buns) after which we made our way to the Spiagga (“beach”). We decided that they should rather call it “sea” since there are no sand, not even pebbles… just rock and a jetti-type walkway to get into the sea. No touchies, beach-cricket, soccer or volleyball can be played here. After some chilling and swimming we made our way to the swimming pool. Here we chilled some more, swam, read and then took a siesta on the nice pool-chairs. We then made our way to the other “beach,” but since you have to pay 1.5 Euro per person to do, uhmm, well, nothing, we went back to the camp grounds and played some table-tennis. After playing a while we went back to the swimming pool again for some more chilling and swimming. The Italian girls dress appropriately when they swim (costumes & bikinis). The men, however, is an entirely different story. They basically wear one of the following: (1) a boxer made out of board short material (yes, pink and flowery like the Quicksilver board shorts the school children wear in South Africa but just half the length), (2) a “sjoe-broekie” or ”hotpants” (the type designed for a woman), (3) speedos (the most awesome one was the one with the Italian flag on it, oooo the horror) and (4) last and least their “onderbroek” (nooooo, double the horror!). For supper we again treated ourselves with a meal from the restaurant. I had the best Ravioli I have ever tasted (the same as Riana’s from last night, but more) and Riana had Penne due Zucchini (basically penne with cream and baby marrows). We just got home and Riana opened the champagne Janno got from the Spanish. It is really the worst champagne/sparkling wine I have ever tasted. We will rather stick with the chocolate for desert…

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Written by adolene nel 36 months ago

Julle kan maar nog lank bly, solank julle net aanhou met die lekker stories wat Jaco skryf. Geniet julle foto's, kan net nie glo julle kry so warm nie! Dit het alweer gisteraand gesneeu, dis snerpend koud. Geniet julle laaste paar daggies.

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