………………..As the weather in the north east gets colder and colder….I’m reminded of those warn sunny days Jac and I spent in Italy………It’s a short flight from Rome to Naples, but then it’s an hour plus drive, depending on traffic from Naples to Positano……and you can always count on traffic especially in the summer!…Since the road along the cliffs of the Amalfi coast is just two lanes….one coming and one going…..if you get behind a tourist bus or a slow driver it can take forever!!!..However, once you arrive in Praiano you were in Heaven…..There was always this skinny middle aged man waiting to take our luggage down the 250 steps to Andrea’s Villa, and back up the 250 steps when the trip was over…..Supposedly he had 8 children! I think his name was Gigi?……On this trip we stayed in the “Tower”, which was an ancient stone tower that Andrea converted in a beautiful bedroom on the top floor and a bathroom down a spiral staircase. It was very private and away from everyone….It was at the far end of the pool….We loved staying in the tower…..At the upper left Jac is standing in front of one of the two windows in the tower bedroom…..The sun drenched days were spent lounging by the pool drinking very cold white wine, and eating a marvelous lunch and dinner on the main terrace….always with the most breath taking VIEWS!!!! Jac is scene floating in the pool and standing by the railing with Positano in the background…..At the bottom right are the “Three Musketeers”….JP, Andy and myself….Andy and JP were very close friends with the owners of the Sirenuse Hotel and the San Pietro Hotel, both in Positano. We always had at least one dinner with each of the owners at their hotels every trip….Google the hotels for wonderful tours of each one…..There were quite a few movies filmed at the Sirenuse…..Other than an occasional shopping spree, or dinner out, there was no reason to leave the villa……..the most idyllic place in the world.