Amalfi and Positano

Our first night on the cruise ship was great. As I mentioned before, I couldn't even feel the ship moving as we went to sleep on Sunday night. When we woke up on Monday morning, we could see the beautiful Amalfi coast outside . . . absolutely gorgeous!

We went to the gym in the morning and then had a quick breakfast and then went ashore. In this port, we had to ride in a small boat to go ashore -- they call it "tendering."

Though we came ashore at Amalfi, we took another boat to Positano where we had about a one hour tour.

You can see the 'tender' boat behind Susan.

This is taken from the other boat we took from Amalfi to Positano

Positano is just stunningly beautiful. It is built right on the space between a steep mountain and the shore of the Mediterranean. We learned that John Steinbeck lived there for a while. And also that Keith Richards and Mick Jagger of The Rolling Stones wrote the song 'Midnight Rambler' while staying nearby -- not sure how they were inspired to write a song like that in such a beautiful place.

We looked at several shops and settled in for a great "Ice Tea Peach Slush" that really took the edge off on a pretty hot day.

After our tour, we headed back to the ship and caught up with the kids for a late lunch. That night we had dinner in the main dining room and it was fantastic.