Bags out at 7:30 a.m. A wonderful breakfast in our cute breakfast room at the Embassy in Florence. The staff was so wonderful waiting on us - making us feel right at home. Some of us made sandwiches for lunch. Departing at 8:30 a.m. we began our journey south to the cliff-top town of Sorrento - a 5-hour motorcoach ride. We traveled along a fertile region with fields of produce, vineyards, hilltop towns, views of Mount Vesuvius, and the Isle of Capri. We stopped for lunch at a hotel restaurant. Those who made sandwiches found a picnic spot with wicker chairs, canopy and mountain view.
Sorrento overlooks the Bay of Naples. Many viewpoints allow sight of the city of Naples, Mount Vesuvius and the Isle of Capri. Sorrento is famous for the production of limoncello, a digestif made from lemon rinds, alcohol, water, and sugar. Other agricultural products includes citrus fruit, wine, nuts, and olives. Wood craftsmanship is also important for the city of Sorrento. Prior to going to the hotel, we went to the town center for a wood inlay demonstration followed by some freetime in Sorrento. On the way we ran into a traffic jam in Sorrento that took us about an hour to go about a mile and a half. While in Sorrento, Lisa and I had some lemon gelato. 
Our hotel was on a hill overlooking Sorrento. The motorcoach was too big to get up the hill so we had to take minibuses to the top (often crowded). Once we checked in our room we discovered that we had a lovely view of the Bay of Naples. Dinner was at the hotel restaurant. We had rigatoni with vegetables, chicken, spinach, duchess potatoes, and a sampler dessert plate.
Following dinner - happy hour and time to unpack and get ready for another day. During the night a storm passed over Sorrento - the power went out and because the rooms were set up with a key that turned the power on and off at the door, the television would come on and have to be turned off each time the power went off and came back on. Because of this, many had a restless night.
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