Italy Adventures - Sorrento Beauty and a Farmhouse Dinner

Welcome to Nature Friday where we get to meet new friends and share a picture or two of what nature looks like around Blogville. 

In order to get our blog back sooner I have decided to let Mama use MY Nature Fridays for the next few weeks....

In return, she promises to:

a) post a picture of ME with the NF intro

b) make sure Nature is involved

AND

b) have all this Italy stuff posted by the end of July

Today, she said something about wrapping her and Daddy's time in Sorrento.....

(that intro should definitely get me an extra cookie, right Mama?)

Thanks again Rosy....but let's wait until this afternoon before you get any more treats! 

We didn't get to spend as much time as we would have liked exploring the town of Sorrento, but what we saw of it was beautiful. 

 Sorrento is the start of the famous Amalfi Coast Scenic Road. You can drive the 25 mile along the southern coast of the Sorrentine Peninsula.

Of course, it is twisty turny and crowded with buses, mini vans...and suicidal Vespa drivers! 

The town of Sorrento itself is a bustling beach town with a small village atmosphere. We spent a fun couple of hours just walking the streets, window shopping and taking in the views.

I especially enjoyed the scenic glimpses of the ocean through the rocky coast!

After our afternoon in Sorrento, we had the pleasure of touring a local farm where not only were we taught how they pressed their own olive oil....

but we learned all about the lemons of Sorrento. 

I wish you had smellavision because the smell of the orchard was divine.

The lemons in this grove were actually "spliced" onto bitter orange trees making their lemons huge!

After touring the lemon grove, we  experienced the fun of shaping mozzarella cheese.

We watched the young man roll and braid fresh mozzarella. After showing off his handy work, we all made our way to the dining room where we enjoyed a delicious meal including olive oil, mozzarella and limoncello made with fresh ingredients produced on the farm!

Here is a short(er) video of some of our time in Sorrento:

Sorrento was just amazing and someplace I would love to visit and explore more. After we bid farewell to Sorrento, we were off to Assisi, and then Verona but more on that Tuesday!

We do hope all our friends get to enjoy some Nature this weekend!

Show us your nature! It can be flowers, your current weather, a scene out of your window, or maybe a picture from a vacation, walk or other journey! Any kind of nature picture will do! If you don't see a link below, click HERE  to go to our Hoppity Page.