Monday, July 7th: Praiano

Monday, July 7th
Praiano

We woke up late and opened our curtains to see blue sky, blue water and the sun shining. Our hotel serves breakfast on the top floor on a terrace overlooking the water. Gorgeous would be an understatement. We had breakfast and then decided to head down to the beach. Our hotel is affiliated with "One Fire Beach" a small "beach club" located 200 steps below our hotel (or so the staff said). We began the trek down the cliff. It was 287 steps, to be exact... I counted (duh)... It wasn't as bad as I thought it would be, but my legs were shaking at the bottom.

We were quickly set up at One Fire Beach with 2 front row chairs, an umbrella, towels, bottles of water and a complimentary bottle of Prosecco. Matt made sure to tell them, as he does anyone else we see, that it's our honeymoon- it works to our benefit most of the time and we usually end up with free Prosecco. We relaxed all morning, periodically taking a dip in the water to cool off.

As we relaxed, we watched a young boy, probably about 11 years old, repeatedly climbing onto a rock jutting out of the water and yelling to his mom to take a photo of him jumping into the water. My mature husband, just a little older than 11, of course, did the same.

We had a delicious lunch at our seats before climbing back up the 287 steps to continue relaxing by the pool.

Our hotel is located about 10 minutes outside Positano and has a shuttle to take us back and forth. For dinner, we decided to leave the tranquil Casa Angelina to venture out into Positano. Positano is a beautiful beach town, but to be honest, it was a lot more crowded than I expected. We walked along the narrow streets, stopping into all of the cute stores, before landing at our dinner location: Next2. The food was delicious!

We then walked back down the hill and had a night cap at Le Sirenuse, the nicest hotel in Positano, before heading back to our hotel.

We are literally living in paradise!