After landing in Naples, Italy, there are several possible ways to travel to Sorrento: ferry, train, taxi/uber, private car, hotel transfer and airport shuttle bus to name a few. With our holiday budget already stretched we were always going to choose the cheapest solution.
Our airport shuttle bus (coach) was located at platform 9 and 3/4 at Naples airport (at least that's what it felt like by the time we finally found it !). As we boarded we noted it was already full of many other tourists headed in the same direction.
Once on the move our coach travelled along busy city roads while the bloke behind the steering wheel answered phone calls as he simultaneously filled in his paperwork.
Fortunately he put the pen and mobile down when we hit the more mountaineous and thinner windy lanes of the Amalfi Coast.
Finally, after negotiating the other buses, coaches, trucks, Vesper scooters and small cars at each hairpin bend, we reached our destination full of amazement and admiration for our driver. As we extracted our luggage from the under-carriage, he casually pulled out a ciggie by the coach door and watched us walk off toward our destination lodgings.
We had arrived in Sorrento.
As my wife had already done the research we knew there were few bookstores in town, or more correctly one - Libreria Tasso.
Libreria Tasso was a fantastic book and souvenir store. The store owner (I assume) greeted my wife and I as we entered, and upon request directed us to the only James Bond titles on the shelves, an Italian language copy of Ian Fleming's "Si Vive Solo Due Volte" (aka "You Only Live Twice"). I liked the cover so much I immediately purchased the book - my first Bond book purchase this holiday. I'm yet to determine if there are other titles in this Italian series.
The only other bookshop we visited during our time in Italy was Feltrinelli on our return to Naples airport before leaving for our next country of destination. No Bond novels available here though.
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