Yeah, yeah -- we thought Italy and especially Naples, was sunshine land...
Today we experienced Sorrento in the rain, soggy-issimo...
But still lovely, met delightful people, like Claudia, laureata in English and Chinese, in her family's small restuarant (they told us the tiniest in Sorrento) where I smulled and smikkled [Dutch expression] on wonderful mussels in spaghetti. And on parting I sang them 'When that I was and a little tiny boy...' (for the refrain's sake -- And the rain it raineth every day), joined by lady with splendid voice from nearby table (a German family) who then launched into O sole mio. All great fun!
Saw the exquisite cloister of San Francisco and then walked across the road to peer out throught the wet mist across the Bay of Naples, and chat to the only other people around (Italian guy with two Turkish friends, lovely young ladies!) -- I mention them becasue we bumped into them later near the station, where we paused for sustenance after having become totally drenched, growing cold and sneezy...
Warm smiles amidst the damp chill.
It did not stop raining all day.
When we got back to Castellammare di Stabia, we lovingly did a little shopping in the bucketing rain -- buying bread and mushrooms -- but ony dried ones avaialble so opted instead for fragole (strawberries) -- obviously! The friendly baker gave me a large slice of one of the Napolitan biscotti and recommended a visit to the nearby excavations which he said were as good as Pompeii and no one knew about them...
With certain difficulty, but helped by Davide of the Porto and his mates, we climbed onto the boat, rain pelting, but wind not too ferocious.
Dried out, drank Shenghui's splendid Chinese tea, discussed the day.
David read us the weather forecast, hm hm...
Gaenor leaves on Sunday, train to Rome where she catches a coach for the North...
We rock gently, at present... (Thoughts in a wet season!)
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