A recovery day

After our marathon in Pompeii we thought we ought to re establish our energies today so had a quieter start and a lazy breakfast. Our ant problem continues and Steve is thinking that they may actually take over the caravan if we are not careful so action is required.

We decided to walk into Vico Equense from where we are camped on the marina - all uphill may I say. It was a beautiful walk - all 221 steps of it! We finally ascended into the village and found our lethal weapon - strong ant killer, in a hardware shop. Then we had a walk around to explore the town. It is not a tourist town at all - simply a working Italian one - and all the better for it. We found a wonderful fishmongers and bought two days worth of dinners there. We also found a good deli with cheeses to die for so after tastings we bought some for our lunches. Stamps were purchased for the postcards back to the family and then we stopped for coffee. It was a very modern, high spec place with chrome, black and glass everywhere, complete with plasma screens of the music channels. We are fascinated by these as we listen to the radio a lot but never get to see the videos so we enjoyed watching them (sad eh?). We are both big fans of an Italian rock singer called Ligabue whose latest single is called Il Centro del Mondo and turn the volume up whenever we hear it being played. Anyway - after the coffee, the sit down, watching the videos and using their facilities the total sum of the bill was - 2 euros!! definitely not a tourist town.

Another speciality in this area is the large, sweet lemon. It is used in everything from cakes to lemoncello (liquer) and is HUGE - see pic. We haven't bought any yet because we would never use them all. They are nor sprayed so deteriorate very quickly and the heat in the caravan is too high to keep them.

Back to the caravan,all 221 steps, and a quick spray around to exterminate the invaders. Then lunch, a siesta and some internet time to catch up on the blog and research our ferry crossing from Italy to Greece. We have now booked it online so there is no going back - we will leave Italy on 22nd July and sail to Greece. That is another episode of our trip over and a move closer to Cyprus.

The Isle of Capri tomorrow by boat and an early start so better get some sleep.