Southern Italy and Lovely Sorrento

Dallin and I had been wanting to go to Southern Italy for a while. We finally decided we couldn't delay our plans any longer, because our baby girl was going to arrive soon and we didn't know when we would have another chance to make the trip. So we bought Easyjet tickets for President's Day weekend.

On day 1 we flew from Venice to the Naples airport. From Naples we took the Circumvesuviana train to Sorrento, a lovely town on a peninsula on the Bay of Naples. We decided to make Sorrento our home base for exploring this region of Italy. When we arrived in Sorrento we walked to our bed and breakfast, Casa Dominova and settled in. Casa Dominova was great! The room was clean and comfortable; the location was very central; the breakfast was very substantial; the owners were friendly, and the price was right. You can't ask for anything more for just 35 euro a night!

After settling in we got some lunch and then explored the town of Sorrento.

Piazza Tasso, the main square in Sorrento.

Under this pavillion is where the Sorrento Men's Club meets. No women or cell phones allowed, just Italian men chatting and playing cards.

View from Sorrento of the smoldering Mount Vesuvius across the Bay of Naples.

Sorrento's marina.

We unfortunately didn't take many pictures of Sorrento because we just explored it on our first day and then the rest of the days we only saw it in the morning and the night, coming to and from our daily adventures. But Sorrento served as a great home base for us, with many quaint squares, shops and restaurants. It kind of reminded me of an Italian Danville by the sea.