Atrani

Atrani is a shortish walk from Amalfi around the bays. It has the most amazing architecture. There's a big road running around the coast but tucked in behind it is a small village. Most of the village seems to consist of a large, rambling, very old building. Possibly part of a monastery or similar. The hostel was just as much of a rabbit warren. Very basic but still pricey...due to it's being on the Amalfi coast no doubt.

We had a very nice meal down by the water. The next day it was on to Salerno by bus to pick up the train to Florence. This was all very uneventful.

Florence was nice. It was good to see it in the evening without all the tourists.

We had hassles with the accommodation though. The youth hostel couldn't guarantee us a double room and wouldn't let us book in advance. They said to ring on the day. Even then they said it was probably okay. We went there anyway and bad signposting saw us walk the wrong way! Still, we got there in the end. The guy on the counter ignored us for several minutes and was very abrupt when he did serve us. The hostel is in a great building but the customer services sucks! We ended up in the quad room. It was just the two of us so it appears that they'll let you have a room for just the two of you if they can't get more people for it. They didn't explain any of this which is a bit naughty. We were going to spend two nights there but decided to leave after seeing Florence and head to Pisa.

Time's nearly up on the PC so I'm off again. Bye...from both of us.