Wednesday, October 02, 2024

The Italian Job - Day 6

Today was about twisty roads and hairpin bends - lots of fun but plenty of care needed too. I feel I am becoming better at riding the big Road Glide which feels and performs bigger than my own bike. While the roads around Amalfi/Minori/Maiori were terrific, we had much more fun at the end of the day riding around the twisty roads near Maratea - our destination for the day. 

Our first stop was Amalfi, where Roma and I had holidayed in 2015. It was a nostalgia stop for us as we looked up where we had stayed the last time we were here. One thing that has not changed are the prices - €5 for a coffee, and €8 for a gelato! Eagle Rider had organised parking for us as Amalfi is a notoriously difficult place to find parking. We stopped for about an hour before moving on. The heat was intense, and I was sweating profusely under my jacket. When we stopped at a service station, water (sweat) poured out from my sleeves. We had a casual lunch at a service station before moving on to Paestum and its Ancient Greek and Roman ruins. We did not go into the sites as we only had less than an hour to stop, but we did get some photo opportunities, and of course sight of the magnificent Greek and Roman temples. I checked out the souvenir shops, but bought nothing as I really thought the produce was tacky.

Our hotel for the night is the Grand Hotel Pianetamaretea where we had magnificent sun set views to admire over a beer. 

We only covered just over 200 km today, but it felt like a lot more. Many tired folks in our group this evening. Weather was perfect today, but rain warnings are starting to appear on our phones, so who knows what’s in store tom?

Some photos of today… 

Roma (and Debbie) on the Amalfi coast.

Down memory lane - two green doors over my head is where we stayed in 2015.

Greek temple in Paestum.

Roma enjoying the shops in Amalfi.

View from our room at the end of the day in Maratea.

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