April 21 - Leaving Sorrento

Lyle and I were sorry to leave Sorrnento. We enjoyed our stay here and especially liked our accommodation at Sorrento Apartments (www.sorrentoapartments.com). It was our kind of place. Because we were in the heart of historic Old Town, it was very easy to get to everywhere we wanted to go. We found everything we needed here. Down to the basics, we very quickly discovered a small grocery store and a laundromat. We usually walked for an hour or so each day exploring the maze of narrow streets and alleys. There were many, many restaurants and multiple souvenir shops. This next picture shows the outside of one such shop which specialized in lemon products. Lemon orchards abound in this part of Italy. 

"Lemon shop" in Sorrento

I have mentioned before the number of scooters on the streets. It is always a surprise to hear the horn of one of these coming from behind when we were quite sure the cobblestone pathway could only be meant for pedestrians. It was an even greater surprise when the odd time it was a small car or the mini garbage truck. The next picture was taken at night of a section of one hundred or so scooters parked at the side of the main road through town. 

Lots of scooters

One day we walked up the hill on the road which leads to Positano.  When we looked back there was an amazing view of the town spread out below us.  Lyle took this next picture of that view.

Sorrento

While we were sorry to say goodbye to Sorrento, we were also sorry to say goodbye to our newfound friend, Mirko. When we left, he shook hands with Lyle, kissed me on both cheeks and told us that we were very nice people. It left us with a very pleasant feeling and happy memories as we made our way back through the piazza to the  Sorrento station for our train back to Rome. Following is a picture of the main Sorrento piazza. 

Main Sorrento piazza