Arriving at Naples airport is a convenient port of entry for visiting the Amalfi Coast. Our private driver Alfonso navigated with the ease of a local and gave us an education of the land keeping us awake to enjoy the beautiful scenery. The views are amazing and much easier to enjoy when you have someone else driving the winding roads with switchback turns. The hillsides are covered with sheer rocks and terraced lemon and olive groves. It is the season for harvesting olives and we could see the setting of nets below the trees. Alfonzo said the picking is still done by hand and the window of time is only 10 hours from picking to crushing to get the best extra virgin oil. The weather is amazing and the warmest it has been in October for 125 years.
Ginger- I am longing for a trip back to the Amalfi coast after seeing your photo. It reminds me of the lemoncello we had in Sorrento. Buona Giornata!