Long Hike Beautiful Views

Today we went on the Path of the Gods hike up the mountain. I understand now why it's called the path of the GODS. It was not built for humans. The only direction, just like the hike in Cinque Terre was up. Dad had this great idea to count stairs on our way up but he said it when we were already a quarter of the way up and no one wanted to climb down just to come up again. 

When the stairs ended, it actually became pleasant. Just a sloping uphill with a spectacular view. Along the way, we stopped at a picnic bench to make sandwiches and eat the snacks we bought at Tutto X Tutti. I ate the worlds largest peach and then couldn't manage to eat more than half of my prosciutto and cheese sandwich. YUM! When we got to the top, Mom and Dad made us go a little further up, closer to Nocelle and Positano to take lots of pictures. It was mostly flat getting there and back so none of us wasted much energy. 

The pictures were great with city, ocean and cliff behind us. Maybe one of the pictures will make it to the Christmas Cards! The way back down was a lot more difficult. The stairs weren't very stable and some of the time we had to almost slide down the rocks. This was even more of an issue for me because I was wearing white shorts. 

We passed a convent on the way down that was right around the halfway point. It was pretty small and it wasn't still active but the whole building was open for unguided tours. The nuns had really small sleeping quarters but the view off their balcony's was absolutely stunning. It would be so wonderful to wake up every morning and see that out the window. 

When we finally got back to Praiano, we decided to take one last beach trip. This time everyone got in the water, Mom included. It was great to swim after being so hot and I enjoyed the cold water. After drying off we went to a bar for WiFi. Mom was booking things so Dad and I went to the grocery. We got things for dinner and our last night in Praiano. I can't believe we have to leave tomorrow, I will miss it so much!