Mom's Adventures in Salerno

Again a little late, but here it is.

Last week, we went to Salerno. It wasn't planned. I had a lesson in the morning and then when we returned to my apartment I searched train times for Salerno. There just happened to be a train in a half hour so we left for the station. It took us about 1 hour to reach Salerno including our one stop we had to make. We decided to go to Salerno for lunch. Like most of our adventures, they usually revolve around food.

We arrived in Salerno and since I didn't know exactly where we were, I asked for directions. If I walked maybe one step I would have seen the sea right in front of me. We walked along the sea and looked for a restaurant.

We found a restaurant. It was interesting because there were people from all over the world sitting amongst us. There was a table full of Americans, a table from France, a table from Spain and the rest were Italians, I think.

Linguine Scampi

Pasta Sorrentino- lots of cheese and tomatoes

After lunch we set off to walk further along the shoreline and walk off our lunch.

We adventured into the historical part just a street or two in from the shore. Mom wasn't too keen to leave the water but afterwards she was glad. I took her to the Cathedral or Duomo. It is very old, like most things in Italy :) They were preparing for a festival because they had the statues ready for a procession. Mom enjoyed looking at the architecture and the design of the church since you could tell there was another influence that wasn't Roman.

Afterwards, we strolled down the street. Mom was particularly interested in the fact that they emphasize and show off the old buildings/stones amongst the new construction. She would point it out every foot or two. It was really impressive.

After strolling the historical streets of Salerno, we returned to the sea. We stopped for gelato. Watched the people then returned to the station. We had a good day...

On our way home, we had to stop in another city to change trains. When we were walking to the platform, we heard someone serenading us. There was a guy singing opera and playing the piano in a building near to the station. We could hear him loud and clear. It was like we had our own personal concert while waiting for our train. What was interesting was that the birds were flying around and singing along with him. It was truly an interesting and wonderful experience. It was a perfect way to end a great day.