Brekky in the Hotel Villa Luigia was the best yet in Italy. They had prosciutto cotto, fresh warm rolls, cereal, muesli, yoghurt, fruit, cakes, and I was offered an omelette too. While checking out, I gave them an explanation of why the light switch in my room was faulty, and the corresponding Google translation into Italian. It was a 3 switch setup, with a switch at each side of the bed, plus the door. Eight combinations. The light would work only when the door switch was down, so the opposite pole in the switch was broken. Pointing to their Booking.com rating of 9.2, I said I would rate it undici (11) if I could. The elderly man, presumably the owner, beamed, and offered me an espresso for the road. I thankfully declined, I’m trying to avoid coffee in the mornings now.
Day 20, Saturday, Rimini
I rode to Rimini today, along the autostrada. I chose it because it is the last town on the coast before the autostrada turns inland towards Bologna.
On the road leaving Amalfi, going east against the rising sun, and on the seaward side, I often could not see at all. On the left hand bends especially, to my right there was the wall and the abyss beyond, and on the left was oncoming traffic I couldn’t see. I tried to steer into the centre of the vague silhouette of the car in front, hoping he could see. Fortunately, after a few kilometres I turned inland and climbed the escarpment , and over the top, toward Naples.
Day 19, Friday, Amalfi
My throat and chest are still itching where that bug stung me last Monday.
Today was “Walk of the Gods” day. Since the walk is only 8.8km, and mostly downhill from Bomerano to Positano, it couldn’t take more than 3 hours. I had plenty of time, as long as I wasn’t walking too late in the afternoon against the sun. That didn’t look like a problem today, the Gods had conspired to make it rain. So I decided to have breakfast at the hotel.
Day 18, Thursday, Amalfi
I took the ferry to Capri today, and found the way up to Anacapri on foot that I couldn’t find in 2003. Then, to the top of the island.