Sorrento!

The family friend, Liliana, who I was staying with in Latina, also had her niece from Canberra staying with her, Natalie. Nat decided to come with me on my trip to Sorrento, and I will admit, it was nice to have some company! The trip there was an adventure enough, with a bus and two trains, taking about 5 hours all up. When we finally arrived and found our room (two stories up, no airconditioning and facing onto a busy street) we spent the afternoon exploring the 'beaches' and the town. Its definately a tourist town, but still all oldy and cobbledy streets etc etc that we'd seen all over Italy and loved. Sorrento is famous for its Limoncello so there were lots of lemon related stuff.
Our three days here were all very hot (mid to high 30's) but perfect for the holiday part of my holiday. Our full day there fell on my birthday (all cleverly planned of course!) And while I chose to not acknowledge the birthday thing at all, it was perfect. We just wandered around, found a bit of 'beach' to ourselves (and 12 other slightly less-obnoxious-than-usual tourists), sunbaked, swam and had a great time. I'll explain: most of the 'beaches' in Sorrento are private and connected with the hotels. So us plebs either have to pay 15 euro to use the beach, or find the few areas still available, and the beaches themselves are tiny and have black/grey 'sand' not at all like Aussie beaches, but suit the area the rest of the town is beautiful! (sorry but gonna have to wrap this up!) That night we had a beautiful Napoletana pizza followed by attending the local Sorrento 'musical' at Teatro Tasso, a song and dance affair depicting the history and different aspects of the culture and lifestyle of the region. Buon compleano!