Paestum/Amalfi Coast

One of our day trips from Sorrento was along the Amalfi Coast, which is the coastline along the southwestern coast of Italy....the shin of "the boot", so to speak.  It is a string of cliff towns right along the sea.  We started at our farthest point, Paestum, and worked out way back to Sorrento.  Paestum has wonderfully preserved Greek ruins to explore.  We had some sunshine while in Paestum, which made it all the more beautiful.

The historical site is a mixture of Greek and Roman ruins.  This temple is one of the Greek elements that remains.  This is one of the rare photos I took that I feel actually captures the beauty of the subject fully.

This is the remains of a Greek tomb.  The Romans didn't want to destroy it so they just buried it.  It was uncovered in 1952 when the site was being excavated and opened.  There were no bodies in it,  just 9 vases (I think those pictures ended up farther down in the post), one of which still had perfectly preserved honey in it.  It was STILL liquid (from 500 BC).  Guess that tells you something about honey!

One of the other of the 3 remaining Greek temple ruins.

I should probably do a post of all the pictures I took of Ben on Chris' back ~ they walk around like this everywhere, but I am not sure if I have posted any.

This is the remains of a Roman amphitheater.

This is called the Ekklesiasterion ~ a meeting place for the ancient Greeks.

This is some of the honey that was removed from one of the vases in the tomb.  It hasn't fared quite as well out of the vase.

These are the vases found in the tomb that are now displayed in the Archaeological Museum across the road.

And, of course, the boys could not pass up an opportunity to jump in the water.  It was incredibly windy on the beach (and not all that warm despite the sun), but naturally that did not stop them.

A beautiful view of the Mediterranean.

We drove back to Sorrento along the coast and stopped in a couple of spots for some pictures.  It really was beautiful!

Next up:  Capri