I am at the end of the most fantastic holiday, and so I am trying to think of highlights (as i keep getting asked by fellow travellers). So my best of.... Bread - I salute you acme bakery San Francisco best sourdough in the world. Icecream - a combination between the salted caramel icecream in san Francisco and anything from grom in Siena. Pizza - my local trattoria in nocelle, smoked mozzarella, rocket, cherry tomatoes and Parma ham Salumi - OMG the truffl...

I sleep in, to try to make up sleep lost during the night coughing. But I am feeling a little better, maybe it's that herbal cough medicine.... I catch the bus into town and get off at the very start of positato above the town. There is basically one road in, going in one direction, and another road going out in the other. I take my time and the view constantly changes, it's quite magical. I stop for lunch at mediterannio, a recommended restaurant and have a simp...

I catch the 0945 bus down to positano and it is full to the brim of departing tourists and locals, I just hope the driver doesn't take any sharp corners and send the bus rolling off the cliff. I have a tour booked today with an Australian girl who met and married a local, and has put together an insiders tour of the town. It was excellent and really brought positano to life for me. Firstly she covered shopping ... By explaining the different cottage industries ...

I woke up feeling a bit rough for wear, this head cold is going nowhere! I had an early start as I had to take the super early local bus to make sure I did not miss my boat to Capri. My first impressions of Capri I must confess were not great. The trip over was very choppy and the boat staff walked around trying to sell alcoholic drinks (at 1000). And there were plenty of takers.... The boat docked and you cannot see the township of Capri, it is up high on the ...

I woke up with a head cold - b*****, have been feeling so well but after all the changes in temperature, changes of location, crowded public transport it is amazing my immune system has held up for as long as it has. Breakfast is in a communal dining room with a stunning deck overlooking the amalfi coast. I was brought baskets of home made bread, pastries and cakes but all I felt like was fruit from the fruitbowl and coffee! I caught my local bus down to posit...