June 26

We anchored off Sorrento and could use the ship's tenders to go ashore.  Tendering from the bay in the port was a bonus because the big ships in port docked quite a ways away and had to use shuttle buses to get to the city.  From where we got off the tender there were local shuttles for 1.5 Euros to go to the city which was up the cliff, but we walked.  The walk was up a winding road to a set of 140 stairs to the top.  It was easier going back down where gravity assisted.  The old town had a lot of narrow streets filled with tourist shops and cafes as well as churches and old buildings.  There was an old fortress which we explored and had some great views of the city below.  We went back to a restaurant we'd spotted earlier on a side street away from the tourist crowd and had a fantastic lunch.  We aren't normally shoppers, but we found a really nice piece of red coral to go on Pat's omega necklace.  We got back to the ship mid afternoon and packed the duffel bags for the next morning's debark.  Dinner was good and we had a beautiful sail away from Sorrento.