Italy Trip - Day 5 - Sorrento, the day I had a 10 euro sandwich

 Early in the morning we headed out from Rome's Termini station and took the fast train to Sorrento. They did not have this train when I was there. We got all the way to Napes from Rome in under an hour! The trains were so nice and totally worth the upgrade. I do have to say do not pay for first class though. The second class tickets are the same and about half the price.

We headed to Sorrento and used the beautiful city as our base of operations for our day trips around the region. The city itself is pretty small compared to Rome, but had about DOUBLE the tourists. It was nuts because we were there during the off season and it was still packed. Most of them were cruise people, ugh. Just after we arrived at our hotel, Hotel Del Mare, we walked down to the water and decided to grab a sandwich. Well in Rome they were like 2 euro and huge, in Sorrento they were still huge but 10 euro! WTF!? after the sticker shock I was ready to explore. We made the best the rest of the only kind of foggy day we had on the trip and walked around the city and did some shopping. Here is your photo extravaganza:

Just after we arrived in Sorrento. Just after ordering a panini that should have cost 2 euro, no it was 10.

Walking into town. There were a lot of steps. I was grateful after all I had been eating.

The men's club in Sorrento. Not a strip club, just a place where old men play chess... who knew!?

View out from Sorrento.

As my dear friend Kelly put it, I found a volcano!

Mr. A enjoying the foreigners club and the views. We had drinks here and chatted it up with some British couple that was prego and celebrating. It was really sweet.

The view, you cant tell but it is really pretty.

Our classy wine and glasses after the day of travel and walking around. We drank this on the roof of our hotel. Don't forget the gummy bears!

I love Italian hotels. This was really the only issue we ran into. BTW Mr. A is tall but not THAT tall.

The hotel we stayed at was highly rated on trip advisor and was actually pretty good. It was 100 euro a night and right on the water. Other than the occasional waft of gross sea air it was really perfect. Mr. A even liked the tiny shower we had because it had multiple shower heads. Heheh.

The next day we woke up early and headed to Pompeii.