We arrived in Sorrento in time for lunch and then spent the afternoon in the old town of Sorrento and at the beach.  Once the photography workshop was over I was coming back to this town so it was nice that I didn't have to see everything in one afternoon.  Pam, Doug and I spent most of the afternoon walking down to the "beach" and then back up again.  Then our group met later on in the afternoon to take the bus to a scenic viewpoint for sunset pictures.  It was a terrific evening for the sunset.  We then had dinner and headed back to Maiori.  So by the time we reached the hotel after ten I think everyone agreed it had been a long (especially for those of us -that would be me-  who had been out by six to watch the sunrise)  but terrific day.  

When we got off the bus to walk to lunch, the first thing I saw were pizza machines.  Only in Italy!

There were outside cafes everywhere.  

Walking through Old Town on a popular side street.

We finally made it to the road overlooking the beach.  This isn't really what I expected to see- large wooden piers with beach chairs everywhere.  Still it was easy to get to the water for a swim  and there were a lot of changing rooms available.

Another view of the beach area.

On the road leading to the beach, I stopped to take a picture of Pam and Doug.

In this coastline shot  you can see all of the change houses that people could rent.  We ended up walking down the hill to get better views.  There was an elevator going down to the water which people had the option of using.  

On our way back  to the old market area, we came across a wedding party.  It looked like they were from Scotland as the party included a bagpiper.  I liked the contrast of the white and red dresses and I thought the bouquets were beautiful.

There were lots of lemon and pasta products for sale in the Old Town. 

We met up with some members of the group again while watching  some Italian men playing  a card game in an old section of town.    Had the game been bridge I would have been tempted to join in.   I didn't see any woman playing the game.  

We all met up again and got on the bus to take us to this scenic spot in Sorrento.   We actually got a few rain showers and dark clouds which just made the photographs more interesting.  In this photo you can see Mount Vesuvius in the background.  Mount Vesuvius is best known for its eruption in AD 79 that led to the burying and destruction of the Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum.   It has erupted many times since and is the only volcano on the European mainland to have erupted within the last one hundred years.  Today it is regarded as one of the most dangerous volcanoes in the world because of the three million people living nearby and its tendency towards explosive eruptions.  

We were fortunate to have rainbows in our photos.  I would have liked to have stayed in this hotel with its fantastic views.  

Two members of our group trying to keep dry while taking photos  during a brief rain shower.  This photo was taken on the other side from of the previous two shots.

We finally got some sunset shots.  

We were lucky to get some great sky colours tonight.

One of my last shots of the evening.

Just before the bus picked us up I took a few long exposure shots to soften the water.  By now it was getting pretty dark.

By the end of the day we all felt as tired as this little fellow.