Italy - Amalfi, photos, trains and troubles

We had little time to get to an Internet cafe in Amalfi; hence the long delay between posts. Above are some of the photos from there. We had a great 4 days there and were set to have a great 3 days in Florence when the day from hell hit.

Yesterday we got to the train station at Salerno at 1030 am and did not get to Florence until 11pm!! We waited hours as the trains were delayed due to some protest that had blocked the lines. To cap it all off while walking from the station to the apartment (no taxi at station!) Graeme was approached by 2 guys who chatted and appeared friendly and then promptly stole his wallet from his pocket - normally it is in the bum bag but alas not this time. So we then had to phone Australia (at $5 a minute I think) to cancel the cards - not a fast process as you go through the automated menus and get put on hold. I dread to think how much the phone bill will be.

On the plus side - Judy's luggage has turned up, we still have a flexi card for getting money from our savings account, our apartment is magnificent (3 huge bedrooms, separate lounge and kitchen and even a washing machine and dishwasher), and Florence is as beautiful as ever although there are too many tourists - wish it was only us! Graeme will fill in details soon no doubt - he loves keeping the blog updated, especially with embellishments.