Pizza, Pasta and Gelato

We've had our fair share of pizza, pasta and gelato these last few weeks in Italy. Klas has made it a habit to have at least one serving of gelato a day...his favourite flavours? Nutella, bocia, ciocolatta, nucciola...all have something to do with chocolate. My (Melissa) favourite flavour is pistaccio. So we compare each place to see which gelateria has the best gelato for each of these flavours. Oh, what a life!

We've spent this week on the Sorrento peninsula and Amalfi coast in the south of Italy. We've visited the archaeological site of Pompeii and climbed to the top of Mount Vesuvius, the volcano that buried Pompeii. We toured the island of Capri, including the Blue Grotto where the water inside the cave appears flourescent blue. We spent a few hours walking through Naples (Napoli) - our least favourite place in Italy and probably the whole trip as it felt dirty and in decline. Finally, we took a windy but very scenic bus ride on the Amalfi coast, having lunch in Amalfi and swimming in Positano.

We've really enjoyed our visit to Italy. Tomorrow we head to Greece for ten days. Klas is worried that he'll lose ten pounds...what is he going to eat?

Colosseum at Pompeii

Volcanic crater at Mount Vesuvius

Inside the Blue Grotto, Capri

Amalfi

Positano

Trying limoncello