This is what I wore for the last day of our trip. We spent the first part of the day at The Vatican Museums and St Peter's Basilica and when we finished early and I hadn't bought any clothes yet I dragged my friends back to the shopping at the Piazza di Spagna (near the Spanish Steps.)

I had wanted to buy a bag or shoes but I balked at the prices even though I had already pre-decided I could splurge. In the end I got some really fun Gucci aviator sunglasses! Now that I'm home though, I'm thinking I should have gotten this GG Marmont velvet shoulder bag I saw since it was "only" €1090 ($1220), so I would have saved almost $400...GAH!! Oh well, I'll just keep saving up for my dark plum Chloe Faye bag (if I can still find it somewhere when I have enough. following a couple on eBay)

Dress: Ralph by Ralph Lauren (Lord & Taylor), Sandals: Ancient Greek Sandals 'Athanasia' (Moda Operandi)

Guess I went with an animal theme in Rome. This giraffe print dress is great because it's cool enough to wear in hotter temperatures but still has sleeves so I was able to wear it when we went inside churches. These photos were taken when we took a bit of a rest in a local garden.

Dress: Jones New York (Lord & Taylor), Sandals: Sam Edelman c/o ThredUp, Sunglasses: Ray Ban 'Erika'

For some reason this cat print Equipment blouse screamed Rome to me. Of all the places we went it seemed most appropriate to wear it here. Maybe it's because of gladiators and the Coliseum? I wore these pants two days on the trip and it was great because I was able to use the big pockets to hold my stuff instead of the tiny blue bag I brought to avoid pick-pockets (see it here.)

Cat Print Blouse: Equipment (eBay), Cargo Pants: G.H. Bass (Clinton Crossing), Sandals: Ancient Greek Sandals 'Athanasia' (Moda Operandi),  Sunglasses: Ray Ban 'Erika'

This is going to be more of a photo diary mixed with where to eat in Positano. We spent most of our time at our airbnb and Laurito beach, a smaller, more secluded beach. We spent a few hours in the central area of Positano and visited the shops.

Where to Eat

La Taverna del Leone

This is the restaurant that our airbnb host arranged for us to eat at. It was a quick 2 minute drive from our place but the roads in this area are a little dangerous to walk on. We started off our meals with cute pita hearts filled with chopped tomatoes. I wanted to get some seafood while in Positano so I asked if they had some form of shrimp scampi. They didn't have anything with garlic sauce so I tried out a tomato based sauce. It was a bit weird at first but I enjoyed it. After dinner my friends and I decided to share a chocolate mousse cake, it was SO GOOD.

Grocery Store - Tutto x Tutti

We were staying in a pretty remote location so going out for breakfast every day would have been a hassle. So on our first morning we went to the grocery store to get some breakfast staples - eggs, sausage, toast, apples and orange juice! We also picked up some bread and nutella + jam to make a lunch for the beach. We also got some hamburger meat so we could cook dinner that evening.

Da Adolfo

This is the restaurant that was on our beach. Funnily enough my aunt recommended this restaurant from me and said we'd have to take a boat from Positano to get there. Lucky for us we just had to walk down to our beach to go. I had pasta with garlic and olive oil and it was amazing! Rather than having a decadent dessert I opted for fresh strawberries. A nice change from all the chocolate and gelato I had been eating.

The day we ate there we decided to go to Postiano in the afternoon. This meant waiting until about 3:30 when their boats would start coming to bring diners back to Positano. It was a strange process. We had to walk on a freestanding dock and wait for a small boat to come. They didn't anchor it, they just came in with the waves and people got on the boat as fast as they could. We saw quite a few wipeouts the day before so I was nervous. Luckily I hopped on the boat with no problems! Then it was a quick 5 minute boat ride to Positano.

Ristorante La Pergola

We had dinner before leaving the center of Positano on our last evening. I wasn't feeling ambitious (or rich) enough to try out their weirder, more expensive seafood items so I went with pepperoni pizza instead. I finished off my meal with a lemon granita which brought me back to days of eating Dell's frozen lemonade at the beach in Rhode Island. Super fresh and tart, not something I usually like but for some reason I just love lemon slushies!

Photo Diary

On our second day by the sea we made our breakfast again, went down to the beach for the morning and had lunch at the restaurant on our beach, Da Adolfo. After lunch we hung out until their shuttle boat to Positano central came in to bring us over. It was quite a process to get on the boat, but I'll share that in my guide tomorrow. It's a rather amusing story. We then spent a few hours exploring the shops in the center of Positano and then took a bus back to our airbnb. Thank goodness we didn't have to climb the steps from the beach a second day!

I wore a dress I got for Christmas, trusty Ancient Greek Sandals and my new bathing suit! Unfortunately I didn't get a good photo of it, so this mediocre one will have to suffice. It's the only one where I don't look like a beached whale, haha. I swear the bathing suit is cute!

Dress: Max Studio, Bathing Suit: She Made Me 'Essential Crochet Swimsuit' (Net-a-Porter), Sandals: Ancient Greek Sandals 'Athena' (Gilt)

Positano was all about relaxation. On our first full day we had a much needed lie-in and then drove to the grocery store to get some breakfast food, lunch supplies and something for dinner that night. Once we got back we had a leisurely breakfast on the terrace, made sandwiches for the beach and headed down!

The only bad thing about our bnb was that we had to walk down (and then back up) almost 500 steps to get to the beach. But once there it was glorious. It was a small beach with an expensive hotel and beach restaurant attached and not many people were on the actual beach. We spent almost the rest of the day there and headed back up to our apartment to make burgers for dinner.

Swimsuit: Tory Burch 'Issy' Triangle Bikini (Net-a-Porter), Zebra Print Dress: Splendid (Net-a-Porter), Sandals: Sam Edelman c/o ThredUp, Sunglasses: Ray Ban 'Erika'