Food facts

A rainy day in Sorrento and soon we leave to catch the ferry in Naples for an overnight passage to Sicily. Luckily we have a cabin so we may be able to hide from the cold, rainy weather which will probably make for a wild ride. The gelati has been delicious everywhere. Breakfast at the hotel has been a huge buffet of sweets, a buffet of fruits and cereals, and a sidebar of eggs. But the best thing (that we discovered on day 2) is the stainless steel orange juicer that we found on the side of the buffet. They bring in oranges from the garden and you can have really fresh juice that you squeeze yourself. The down side is that the juicer sounds like a Boeing 747 taking off. (So we don't like it when other people discover the secret.) We went to dinner at a local restaurant and I had the strozzopreti (priest choker )noodles with shrimp scampi. Apparently in this area the priest were not always looked upon kindly and this speically shaped noodle was created. You can wikipedia the noodles for a description. The breads are out of this world - soft inside, crusty outside. Limoncello is a locally made product because there are lemon and orange trees everywhere! Tasty. The streets are lined with orange trees that are loaded with fruit. I'll post food pictures when I get back to using my own computer. Now, onto the wet, curvy road that runs along the water.