Sorrento

I did not have a blog account of our day in Sorrento so since things are out of order anyway, I will just add it here. Our port of call was Naples and the hydrofoil dock was right next to the cruise ship. So it was very convenient for us to take one over to Sorrento for a nice jaunt around town. We had been to Pompeii and to Capri and to Sorrento , as well as Herculeneum and we climbed to the top of Mt Vesuvius so we really did not need to go back to several of those places. But Sorrento won my heart several years ago when we spent a week in Sorrento and when we ate meals at our hotel, we looked out over the Bay of Naples at Mt Vesuvius and it was just absolutely breathtaking. We enjoyed going back over for several hours and wandering the streets and shops and eating a good pizza. We ate at the cafe that looks out at the little church like building where all the older gentlemen gather to play cards and talk. It is a pretty site. We saw the little lady that I bought several smocked dresses from when the girls were little. She is still there and still has beautiful things, but alas they are all too small now. We walked back down to the dock and caught the boat back to Naples and back to the ship. However, in the morning, the first boat did not go for over an hour so we went and checked out the fortress that is right there in the harbor area. Naples can be a very seedy place so we were not interested in going very far from the area, but that much was fun. It was a toss up whether we would go to Capri or Sorrento but in the end, Sorrento won out. There are so many memories there and we thought of our friends that we shared it with as we sat in the lemon groves that were full of lemons.
The ship offered an excursion to Pompeii, Sorrento and Capri-I really wonder how much you can see and enjoy in that short a span of time. Just my opinion.
Back at the ship, we ate and enjoyed sitting on the deck and watching the sunset over Vesuvius. Ahhh, it doesn't get better than this.