Great balls of melon

Home again. Bummer. Mind you at least the weather has been very pleasant so far......while I've been working my way through the 9 washer-loads I've had to do. Hello! We were only away a week, and Theo only changed his undies twice, so where did all the clothes come from?

We had a very nice time in Sorrento. The hotel was very nice (Grand Hotel Aminta) and the staff were absolutely lovely, but it probably wasn't the best place to go with an 11 and 14 year old. They didn't have anything to do in the hotel and it was a (courtesy) bus ride out of town. With it being so early in the year the pool was freezing cold too, so they didn't do much swimming - shivering yes, swimming, no. Also I thought the menus in the hotel were a bit limited and too sophisticated for the kids. Chicken with melon? Not unpleasant at all but hot melon balls are not something I ever expected to eat.

Having said that, the weather was superb, 27C most days, so can't complain at that. Spent a fair amount of time sat in the bars on the square but did go to Pompeii. Isn't it BIG? And Positano - very pretty, but thank you God for the bus back up the hill. Yes, I definitely want to go to Italy again.

We did get caught out in the cigarette department. You can't buy them in the airport any more unless you're travelling outside the EC. Apparently it's a fairly recent thing. There were several quite upset people on the plane home.

So, all you filthy dirty smokers, remember to stock up in your resort...........