A WEEKEND GETAWAY TO THE AMALFI COAST WAS A TASTE OF SUMMER AND A REMINDER OF HOME. IT WAS REVITALIZING TO SOAK UP THE SUN AND DIVE INTO THE DEEP BLUE OF THE TYRRHENIAN SEA.
WE PASSED CITRUS TREES AND BLOSSOMING GARDENS AS WE DROVE UP THE WINDING PATH TO REACH OUR HOTEL IN SORRENTO. THE HOTEL WAS PERCHED HIGH ON THE CLIFFS GIVING US A PHENOMENAL VIEW OF MOUNT VESUVIUS THAT STRETCHED ACROSS THE HORIZON.
ON THE FIRST DAY, WE VISITED THE BEACHES IN POSITANO. THE ICONIC HOUSES PERCHED ON THE CLIFFS WERE EVEN MORE VIBRANT THAN THE PICTURES. THE NEXT ADVENTURE WAS A BOAT RIDE TO CAPRI. WE EXPLORED THE TOWN BY FOOT AND THEN BY WATER WITH A BOAT TOUR. UNFORTUNATELY THE TIDE WAS TOO HIGH FOR US TO SEE THE FAMOUS BLUE GROTTO, BUT THAT'S JUST ANOTHER REASON TO RETURN TO THE BEAUTIFUL ISLAND. ON OUR LAST DAY WE TREKKED UP MOUNT VESUVIUS. IT WAS SURREAL TO STAND ATOP A VOLCANO THAT HAD ONCE ERUPTED AND KILLED THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE AND DESTROYED NEARBY ROMAN CITIES. WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT POMPEII AND IT WAS FASCINATING TO WALK THROUGH THE RUINS THAT WERE ONCE A PROSPEROUS CITY. SOME OF THE VILLAS STAYED IN TACT AND FAINT PAINTINGS SMEARED THE WALLS OF WHAT REMAINED. THE VOLCANIC ASH THAT SWALLOWED THE CITY ENCASED THE BODIES OF THOSE WHO COULD NOT ESCAPE AND THEY ARE FROZEN IN THEIR FINAL POSITIONS AT THE MOMENT OF DEATH. IT WAS ONE OF THE MOST CHILLING AND CAPTIVATING EXPERIENCE THAT I WILL NEVER FORGET.
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