well… not exactly, but many modes of transportation. One of the minor set backs we have encountered from booking last minute travel, is that things get sold out. Because the mountain guides in Stromboli were booked, we ended up skipping the hike up the volcano.
And instead we took a hydrofoil from Ustica to Palermo. (For those of you wondering, this is a hydrofoil.)
Then we took an overnight ferry from Palermo to Naples. We ended up with “deck passage” tickets, because the cabins were sold out.
Fortunately, we were one of the first passengers to board, so we snagged a couch in the lounge– which is where we slept. (or I should say where Mike slept, I ended up on the floor on my yoga mat. At least, now I’ve used my yoga mat.)
We arrived in Napoli at 7am, stiff and sore from a poor nights’ sleep, only to board a train, then a bus, and finally a taxi to our final destination in the Amalfi Coast.
Again, because it’s still “high season,” hotels in Positano and Amalfi-proper were sold out, completely. Instead we stayed in Nocelle, a hiker’s paradise. But who wants to hike?? most people are looking to relax, eat, shop, admire the dramatic coastline and the incredible mountains from under their umbrella, laying on their beach chair, like me.
Nocelle has only one restaurant, which was closed. This meant we could either eat the remains of our potato chips for both lunch and dinner or hike somewhere to get food. We didn’t have a map but we did see the sign to Positano–ugh. Today I didn’t even want to walk, the back of my calf’s hurt so much.