Italy #5 Some bits and pieces from Positano: Meals: Very interesting -- swordfish with zucchini rolled up inside, proscuitto with some spicy meat rolled up inside, various white fish (last night's had eyes looking at me), salads with a very light dressing or none (mostly delicious),pizzas (thin crust), sub sandwich with fresh buffalo mozzarella, tomatoes and fresh basil leaves (yummy), fresh spaghetti, squid, eggplant. We eat breakfast (a good one then snack mid-day (gelato or other dessert) then have a good supper.The bakeries are full of wonderful looking treats and we've succumbed to some of them. There is nothing flat in town except for the beach. Houses piled up on top of each other. We are very close to an elementary school. At about 8 am they start arriving -- hordes of them chattering to each other. It echoes off the buildings. I watched them all arrive today. The school is composed of at least 5 different levels on one side and two on the other.The school busses are yellow but smaller than ours. Our sleep patterns are normal. Cars are parked along the edge of the highway (which is narrow to start with). This is basically the only parking around and we were told that there will be steps nearby for them to get to their houses. Forgot to say that Francesca gave me a vase of roses from their garden on my birthday. Sad note: She looked very unwell today and told us she has thyroid cancer. It looks to me like she's on chemo. In the 1300's much of Amalfi (the next big town along the road east) fell down into the sea with an earthquake. Very vulnerable here with everything built on a steep hillside. On our hike yesterday, we had a small group of sheep go by with two dogs and two shepherds. Made our day! I tried to send pictures today. Followed exactly my former directions but somehow the program has changed. So may not get any out until I get home. I had time to play with it today but no go. We are off to Salerno tomorrow morning. We will be taking the ferry instead of the busses as it gets us in much sooner. Will give us time to figure out how to buy train tickets from the machine. Anne and Karen went that way today. A beautiful sunny day so must have been lovely. It takes 70 minutes. So, tomorrow night around 9 pm I figure, we will be in Manarola in the Cinque Terre. The rest of the group will be coming in about the same time from Canada.