Positano in Pictures.

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I've already raved about one beach in Italy, but that was not even the best one I'd seen.

The same trip that took us to Mt. Vesuvius also took us to Positano- one of the little beach towns along the Amalfi coast in the region of Campania.

This time, no one was running late because it was a day dedicated to just spending all our time on the beach and the little shops along the way.

A day I appreciated very, very much.

Reader, here's another fun fact about me. I'm a water baby. I can spend hours together in the water; it could be a pool, a beach, sometimes even the shower, if I'm being totally honest.

So Positano, along with a bunch of other places along the Amalfi coast, was definitely on my list of places to visit - you'll recall I had a long list - not because Positano was a beach and I'm obsessed with beaches, but because you couldn't travel to Italy and not let the extravagant beauty of the Amalfi coast stimulate your senses.

Does that sound like exaggeration? Well, reader, I'll let the pictures speak for themselves.


















No amount of flair in my description could ever do justice to the paradise that is Positano.

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