On Thursday, Peter, my new friend and coworker, Tasha and I went to Sorrento for the day. It was amazing. I just planned on doing the usual down there, see the views, try the free limoncello in every single shop, pet some puppies, but Tasha found this wonderful store/restaurant conveniently located by the train station near the center of Sorrento! So we had to go. I'm going to take you through our day.
We got a late start in the morning so we decided to drive. My car has seen better days, so let's just say after the windy, twisted roads on the about 1.5 hour drive to Sorrento, I needed a big old glass of wine.
When we started our walk, we ended up near this giant lemon grove in the middle of a city block. It was a pretty long walk through the grove, and it ended at a limoncello tasting-station. Unfortunately, around then, the weather started to get bad so we were running from raindrops for a bit.
Tasha took this in the lemon grove |
Then we get to Mondo Bio (click here for more info), which is the sixth ranked restaurant in Sorrento, to find that it's also a store and that the restaurant doesn't open up for a few more hours so we decided to walk around and see the shops and the views. When I go to Sorrento I like to do this thing where I get a free sample of limoncello at every shop that I go to. You usually end up hitting about 5 shops. Worth it.
There were a bunch of old men zesting the lemons to make limoncello, it was pretty cool. |
Soooo muchhhh limoncello and meloncello. |
We all made some purchases and went on our way. We decided that we were too hungry to wait for Mondo Bio Cafe to open and that we would be totally fine with eating a second time in like an hour and found a cafe to sit at. We asked for the Vegetarian menu, and ordered a LOT of bruschetta, some grilled vegetables, french fries and a bottle of wine.
Yummm bruschetta |
The church courtyard right before the view of the coast |
A pic I took before the weather started to get bad |
About half of their refrigerator selection after Tasha and I cleaned them out |
A few of the items I picked up! Check out the basil tofu and rice milk mozz. |
I already started to make tempeh bacon and I have a feeling that I'm going to be making a few more trips there in the future!! Also, on the way back, my data was used up on my phone so we had no GPS and all of the streets that we needed to take us home were closed because of a Holy Thursday procession, so we had a pretty rough time getting home, but we made it eventually!
Here are some pics from Tasha's camera!
Sometimes we are just awkward |
Overall, it was a great day. I love showing people around the Naples area and I am SO glad that Tasha looked up this restaurant/store. I will probably return as soon as I use up all of my tempeh and once the weather gets perfect it'll be an even better day trip!!
ciao ciao! xo - Katelyn
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