Positano, Italy was everything I had dreamed and beyond

August 17, 2021

Instead of dropping us off at the top of Positano Chiro drove down so that we would be closer to the bottom...it was hot and he knew we’d die! We had an hour and 15 minutes before we had to meet back up.

I had one specific goal in mind and set us in that direction.
Along the way:
Across from this store is a WC:

one of my favorite photos:

Nate’s version of that photo:

we’re getting closer to my goal

We left off with arriving at my destination. I’m not sure if I was more excited to see it in person myself or to see Nates jaw drop...It had been doing that all day along with mine

y’all I can’t even tell you. pictures do NOT do the beauty of this place justice.

We had about 25 minutes until our meet up time...but but but WE DON’T WANNA LEAVE

Nate bought himself a pair of house shoes in this store:

I was SO hot! Bought these at the stand in the parking lot where we met Anna and Chiro. It was expensive. I think 7 or 8 euro. Tip: don’t got to the stand at the parking garage!

Back in the car...we are just in awe at today

We stopped at an overlook of Positano next and I took video there and apparently no photos. I’m going to take some still shots from it and will post them next

ere we go:

But wait...our experience is nowhere near done.

It was about 1:15pm and time for lunch! I had read in reviews that Carmine usually took people to a farm to table restaurant with ocean views so I asked Anna if we could go there. She said that’s where she was planning to take us. So up up up the mountain we went.

We came to this and Anna said she would get us a table and to follow her.

“But where’s the restaurant?” I thought.

ok so we walk down the stairs into La Tagliata. It is tiered restaurant built into the side of the rock. The gardens go down 7 tiers! We were shown to a table and asked what we’d like to drink. White wine!

I looked around for a menu but almost immediately after we sat the waiter brought out our first dish. No menus here! They do a full course meal straight from the gardens for everyone.

The tomatoes were the best I’ve ever had

They make their own wine, without preservatives, and it is the smoothest white I’ve ever had....we may have drank 2 bottles

In the pictures above you can see the prosciutto with buffalo mozzarella beneath....the kind that when you slice into it it just oozes with soft cheesy goodness

the zucchini pizza below...I’ve never had anything like it...I ate it all to myself! none for fiancé

There was a family at the table next to us that we struck up a conversation with and are now friends with on Instagram. The two men bonded over their love of cars.

the potato gnocchi and ravioli....unbelievable

but wait....there’s more to this experience

While we were eating and just really enjoying the atmosphere Anna came up to our table (she was in another room with a meal of her own) and said she had someone for us to meet.

I turned around and Carmine was there! I told him who I was. I follow him on Insta so as soon as I said singinalot he knew immediately. He sat down with us and we all talked for at least an hour. I mentioned cruise critic and how I always do reviews here and couldn’t wait to tell about our day. His face just lit up. You can seriously see how much passion he has for his business and people. Come to find out...La Tagliata is his aunts restaurant! The first time she ever left Italy was to cook for a ruler (upon special request!) in Germany many many years ago. How amazing! His cousin now runs it and so we chatted with him too.

Carmine is directly above me and his cousin next to him.

our first and last shots ever of limoncello

We ended up bringing 2 bottles of wine home with us too

BUT WAIT there’s more

Pretty much anytime we go to a foreign country people are always jokingly asking fiancé to arm wrestle. In Mexico everyone calls out “rambo” to him.

Well, Carmine’s cousin asked...Nate has never actually arm wrestled anyone until this day. It was hysterical.

The whole restaurant was watching

After the arm wrestle Carmine took us on a tour of the gardens. They are SO beautiful and I’m quite jealous. Growing in Colorado Springs is a challenge due to our soil and the dry climate. Zucchini grows well here but not much else. I got one single pumpkin from my vine this year and 2 tomatoes before they got blight . [emoji24]

I’m going to have to ask Carmine what kind of tomatoes we had. If I could order seeds online that would be amazing.

stunning

the beauty was endless

back in the car and at the overlook:

drunk on wine, good food, company and beautiful surroundings

with very sad faces we headed back to port

refusing to believe the excursion is over

We were back at port at 4pm. We said our sad goodbyes and many thank yous to Anna and Chiro, used the restroom in the terminal and headed into town as we still had a bit before back on board.