The Old World Part VIII

The next stop was the port of Sorrento. We had originally planned to visit Pompeii. It would have been great to visit the ruins of that ancient Roman city but I had read that it was in a state of decay due to the tourists that thronged it's streets on a daily basis. As a conscientious American, I decided to visit the Isle of Capri instead. When we went to get our tickets, we had been closed out of the tours to Capri. So, we decided to slum it and visit Sorrento instead. The hydrofoil we had planned to take to Capri was cancelled due to rough water so that worked well. I heard Pompeii was great but at least I can sleep at night.

I walked out onto our private deck when we dropped anchor at Sorrento. The shore line was a cliff that was riddled with caves. I am sure that most of them were man made but it looked cool from the ship. The city ran right up to the edge. It looked cool. We decided to go ashore and just wander around to see the sites. It proved to be a great decision.

Sorrento is a town with the shopping experience of a life time. There is alley after alley of outside shops that front for inside merchants. It is what you would expect to see in an third world country. America has truly lost something when it went with the department store idea. There is so much more freedom when you have a merchant on every corner selling a variation on the same thing. For those who like to haggle, it is a shoppers paradise.

The best part was the blue sky and lovely views of the water. As we pulled away when the day was done. the sunset over the Mediterranean was amazing. It sank into the water as we went past the Isle of Capri. It was the perfect ending to a lovely day.

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