Geoff & Rita's Europe Tour: The Road to Positano

Siena was our longest stay, 10 days and it was still not enough. We will be back to this wondrous place as there much more for us to see here.

Next stop the Amalfi Coast. It was our longest drive as Tom Tom told us its 480 kms and will take just over 5 hours to get there, not including our pee breaks. The good news is that over 380km were to be driven on the Autostrade, which has a speed limit of 130kmh. The bad news is that the last 50 kms is a very narrow and windy highway carved out of the mountains and the speed limit is 50kmh. However, the usual speed was about 30kmh. There is a very unusual sign that states in several languages that you have to give way to passing cars coming into your lane!!! This has to be for the local drivers as they are very aggressive, drive very fast and overtake in places that would be suicide for us in Canada. I am very happy that we have a small car.

Rita picking up some fruit and veg from roadside vendor on the Amalfi Coast Highway

We left at 10:00 and arrived in Positano at 16:00. Found our apartment and settled in. As in Portovenere, the better the view the more 1970’s our apartment seems to look. The good news is it’s clean and comfortable. And the view is unbelievable. We are hanging off a cliff edge looking out into the Med. The building is 3 levels with the owners on the lower level, a 2 bedroom apartment on the 2nd level and our 1 bedroom apartment on the top. The bad news? The parking lot is 75 steps above us!!! Tomorrow we will check out the Amalfi Coast.