After the uphill climb, we caught the bus and road on to Amalfi.
Part of the motivation for returning to Amalfi was having a favorite dish at a favorite restaurant, the pacchieri Genovese (veal and tomato and cheeses and pasta) at Il Tari. We approached with some caution. They say you can not go back. But we did in 2011, same dish, same restaurant, and it was even better, more closely observed and savored. We found the restaurant doors open, but, alas, the owner/manager/whomever told us, sorry, the place was closed Tuesday afternoons. Alas! Why did we not go to their website?! Oh well...it might have been disappointing. Vicki has taken to replacing the provola with smoked mozzarella--we're not sure where this idea came from (Costco?)--but we like it as well or better. We walked on, deeper into Amalfi. Hunger is the best sauce, as the fella says, and we had a perfectly fine if somewhat pedestrian lunch down the road a bit, steak pizzaola and veal piccata, and managed to see a good bit more of Amalfi than the previous two visits. We took the front seats of the return bus, for maximum thrill, and the Circumvesuviana had us back in Pompeii by 7PM.
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The town center hasn't changed much; much more crowded
than in spring of 2011 |
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Our old friend the Royal Clipper or whatever was waiting
for us in Amalfi...seems more like a sprint than a cruise |
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| Street scene |
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They're really into miniatures here--I think
it's the effect of Spanish rule and culture--every
block or so there is a model of the city or
something, usually with a Nativity embedded
within, sort of like an Elder Breughel religious
painting |
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| Unlike Positano, Amalfi is mostly in a gorge |
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| Some beautiful street views |
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And here, a real find: another model in miniature, this time
in a basin |
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Complete with a watery Nativity Scene: Adoration of the
Gold Fish! |
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