Oddly enough I wasn’t the last one up in the morning. We were pleasantly surprised when we arrived to be informed that when we locked the door at night to make sure we didn’t leave the key in the door because Oksana, the cleaning lady, won’t be able to get in at 8am to leave the coffee and pastries… Pinch me!

So we’re off to breakfast and a wander. Jack and Lynn leave first and the rest of us follow a bit later. We also need to find groceries. We do a lot of our own meals instead of eating out all the time. This group is full of good cooks and if you don’t eat out all the time, you spend a lot less on meals so, you can spend more on cool villas!

I don’t eat breakfast (and neither do most Italians) but Positano is a town for tourists so there is a small (everything in Positano is small) place called Casa e Bottega recommended to us by the lovely and very helpful Manuella. The person we met at the bus stop who manages the villa.

Only about a 25 minute walk along that same narrow twisty one lane two way road with no sidewalk. The menu WAS tempting and the food was excellent (I’m told.) The dopio espresso was very good I can tell you first hand.

Off for a short wander and some grocery shopping.

It started to rain so we prioritized the groceries. Supplies for breakfasts and two dinners… and wine. The grocery was quite small but remarkably well stocked. We were able to get most everything we needed there. The best part? They deliver!! 3 hours later we get our box…

With a short stop at the butcher for a pork roast and some more wine we are good to go.

We make a leisurely stroll the 25 minutes home in the rain and find Oksana there cleaning the place when we arrive. I could get used to this.

Gigi and Alberta did dinner and it was amazing. Roast pork loin, pasta with oil, broccolini sauteed with lemon and garlic. Desert was lemon almond cake. Oh… and there was wine.

Tomorrow we get back on the fun road at 8:30am as we’re off to Pompeii where Darryl has arranged a private guided tour.