Lazy days as we just walk the streets and see what the shop people have to sell. The shopping is not great in Positano but there are some jewels. Positano like many villages on the coast was just a village full of fishermen. For centuries the Mediterranean has supported people with fish and, although there are some restrictions to protect some fish, a main industry is still fishing. Our ladies find some nice things but Jim makes the biggest score with a men's store run and owned by a chap that designs and manufactures the clothes - mostly linens for which Positano has a name. The stuff is nice and I plan on make a purchase or two myself. Jim and I make a daily trip to the Gelato stand - my god that stuff is good!!!
We have no problem deciding where to dine both nights - it is back to our favorite restaurant; Le Tre Sorelle (The Three Sisters) right on the beach.
We had the good fortune to have Gaetano de Martino as our waiter each night and each night we toss the menu and head for the fish locker to choose a different fish prepared to perfection.
Gaetano works to please each and every night and he does just that! And each night we try wine from the area and from Italy. Gaetano suggests great wines but he understands we like wine a lot and we want to know stuff so he brings in the owner.
Luigi Pisacane is the Grandson of one of the three sisters that started the restaurant and he is in charge for the family. So European right?! And he knows his wine and the region and the grapes, most of which have never heard of and never tasted. He is wonderful and has a bottle of red picked out for us each night: "Did you like the wine last night? What did you like about it?" "Oh, you like a mineral finish and not too much fruit? Let me see, the one last night was from the slopes of Mt. Vesuvius and benefited from the ash and lava in the soil, so tonight I have another wine - this one from the volcano Mt. Edna on the Isle of Sicily with similar characteristics but a different grape". We have many appetizers and the main courses are to die for each night.
Are we bored? - not a chance.
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