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I know i said before i love Positano so very much, but i do adore Ravello as well. This is the second nicest place along the Amalfi Coast, although Ravello is not lying directly by the water, but far up in the mounatins. Therefore it has a character on its own. Being  the center for culture, music and arts, one will find the atmosphere more calm and creative. There are indeed a lot of tourists, but it is not as crowded and buzzing as the places by the sea.

 

How to get here:
You can easily go to Ravello by Bus from the central station in Amalfi. One ride will cost you 1,20€ and takes approximately 20min. Otherwise it is easy to reach by car. 

What to do:
Ravello is to be honest fairly small, so i spent half a day here only. There are two main attractions, apart from the church and the center of the town.
Villa Rufolo (7€) - The Villa with original layout of 13th century is known as inspiration for musicians, poets and famous for its beauty.This is not suprising, once you visited, you will always keep this place in your heart. While strolling through the gardens, you can hear the faint sound of classical music from hidden speakers and forget all the bad things happening around the world.
The Villa can also be visited from the inside, the view from the balcony onto the gardens is just.. see for yourself


Villa Cimbrone (7€) - While the Villa Rufolo is fully open, Villa Climbrone is a today a Hotel and mostly famous for the Infinity Terrace, built on the edge of the mountain, surrounded by famous sculptures. Also this place has been scene for the Sissi Movie with Romy Schneider. She is recommended to do a retreat in Maderia, while the actual place was above mentioned terrace.
During my stay most of the flowers had already bloomed, but nevertheless a stroll trough the gardens is worth your time.

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Gosh, how excited i was to visit this place. On the second day, i went to finally see Positano, the place every it-girl goes to. Although having seen it on countless pictures, the actual view just took my breath. 
Of all places at the Amalfi Coast, this one was my very favourite. If you walk up the city to the top, you will have the most stunning view, facing cute colourful houses snuggling onto the mountains and the sea always close by. 
To find one suitable word is hard, POSH would fit, but in a good kind of way.


Where to stay:
Checking air bnbs and hotels, i could unfortunately not find anything in my price range. Staying in Positano would mean at least 80€ per night, if you are lucky and book early. If you are on a low budget, i would recommend you to stay elsewhere close and visit Positano for one day.

How to get here:
The nicest, but most expensive way is to come here by ferry. You get a beautiful view on the coast and get the best first peak of the city. I took the ferry from Salerno, which is 12€ one way. 
Otherwise you can always use the local SITA busses, from any town at the coast.


What to do:
Walk around! There are thousand of steps and along the tiny roads, there will be endless possibilities to shop whatever you wish for.
Beachin': There is only a small area, that is free of charge in the Bay. Otherwise you need to rent a Sunbed and a Parasol, if you wish to be in the sandy area. 
Enjoy the view! Thats basically what i did all day long. I could just look at the town from all different angles, it will appear different and more overwhelming to you all the time.


Where to eat:
Casa e Bottega: This restaurant lies on the main road on the eastern side of the town. The place offers a lot of healthy and fresh dishes, a suprising difference to the typical italian pastas and pizzas.
You can sip a fresh smoothie and inspire the nice interior of this place. The area is decorated mainly in light colours and parts of the shop is an exhibition to ceramics and local arts. 
I can definitly recommend the raw/vegan dish with avocado cream cucumber rolls.

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Well, hot summer days have been really rare here in Sweden lately, but anyway this didn't keep me from having an icecream marathon last weekend. The base for all (n)icecreams i made, is of course always Banana, i store almost a kg in the fridge for emergencies. 
If you crave for chocolate, but like it a bit healthier to avoid bad feelings afterwards (it's refined sugar free), here is the perfect solution.
Level: EASY
What you need (2 Portions): 
1 fresh Coconut
3 frozen Bananas
1 Tsp Lemon Juice
2 Tbsp Soy Joghurt
3 Tbsp Cocoa Powder
3 Tbsp Cocoa Nibs
1 Tsp Coconut Oil
Pink Dragonfruit Powder
Blend the Bananas, Juice, Joghurt with the Cocoa Powder and Oil in a High speed Blender. Stirr under 2 Tbsp of Coconut Nibs and put your cream in the freezer. Every hour take it out and stirr to avoid ice chrystals. When you achieved the sorbet texture, take it out and serve in half a coconut. Top with the rest of the Cocoa Nips and an Orange Slice. For the pink decoration, mix Pink Dragonfruit powder (rawnice) with a spoon of Joghurt and a bit of Lemon Juice until flouid. 
Good thing is, that you can freeze the other portion inside the coconut for later as well, but sharing is caring so have a friend over and appreciate this dark bomb. 
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There are a lot of things, that are good about living in Sweden actually. Although i might sound quite negative very often, i have found a few things i absolutely adore here. One of these is the next level of avocado toast (we have all seen enough of them) - Chantarelle Toast. 
I do it the most swedish way anyhow possible. Since i have never eaten Chanterelle at all before coming here, i started some addiction quite recently after trying them for the first time. 
Level: EASY
What you need:
100g Chanterelle 
1 Clove Garlic
Olive Oil
Oatly Pamackan (Creme Cheese)
1 Ragbröd
Fresh Rosemary
Fling Salt&Pepper
First there are a few basic rules when picking chatarelle at the supermarket. Do not take the biggest ones, although it might look tempting. Especially for the toast the middle sized ones are perfect. Also do not take too dirty ones and pay attention to the colour, which should be freshly orange. You can see best, if the chanterelle are good on the inside umbrella of the mushroom. The structure should be clearly visible and not looking dry. Sounds like expertise, yes it is!
Clean your chantarelle and cut off a small part of the root and seize them into halfs. 
Heat up olive oil in a pan and add your garlic. Most important when frying the mushrooms is, that the pan is already very hot, once you add them.
Add the chantarelle and fry for approx 10-15min until they have a saturated colour. 
Spread your cream cheese on the very typical swedish ragbröd, which you can buy at any bakery or supermarket. 
I always use Oatly Creme Cheese, but you can use also any other brand. (Oatly is  a swedish brand offering a large range of dairy free products, made from swedish Oats, SUPRISE )
Add your chantarelle while they are still hot, so the cream cheese will slightly melt on your bread. Spice up with  Fling Salt&Pepper and fresh Rosemary. 
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If you visit Stockholm, but would like to see swedish countryside as well, you can either take a boat ride to the archipelago or head south-east to Tyresta Nationalpark, which takes approx 1h30 by Bus from Central Stockholm. 
The protected Area is in total around 47 km2 big, so of course you will not be able to see all within one day. 
Me and my friend decided to escape city and go hiking at one weekend last year. We did absolutely not know what expected us, but we were more than happy to come here.
Since the area is that big, you will maybe meet one person per hour, when striking through the forest. (Which is perfect to escape civilisation). I have never smelled this fresh air, nor heard the actual sound of the woods. 
As a German, living almost in towns and cities my whole life, i have never had the chance to embrace nature at this scale. 
The Park features many different landscapes, there are huge forest areas, then rocky mountains in between and endless lakes. A part of the Park burned during 1999 and you can still see the impact today. 
I would recommend you to always follow the path, if you do not know anything about hiking signs, better stay close to the bigger ones.
We entered the Park from Tyresta Station in the East and made our way  to the big lake Ärsjön, where we had a picnic with avocadotoast and lunch break.
Backwards we actually decided to take some smaller path, leading directly into a rocky mountain area. Basically we totally lost orientation and felt like Frodo and Sam, wandering around in middle earth. Somehow we still made it back to the Bus stop.
In autumn Tyresta Nationalpark is recommended for picking mushrooms, especially my favourite Chantarelles, so guess who's back this year. (But with better boots and maybe GPS)
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Honestly, how hard can it possibly be to find the right smoothie bowl texture?!
Either it is too hard, when freezing after blending or it basically melts away. For the first time i actually achieved the perfect temperature/combination of frozen and fresh fruit, which made me just so HAPPY. 
This Nicecream is maybe not the best breakfast (i prefer warmer treats) but you can easily have it in the afternoon on a hot summer day (not often here in Sweden)
Serve with Chocolate Balls for the ultimate treat.
 Level: EASY
What you need:
NICECREAM
2 frozen Bananas
1/2 fresh Banana
100g frozen Raspberries
1/2 Tsp Vanilla Powder
100ml Soyjoghurt
1 Tsp Lemon Juice
BALLS
Bottom leftovers Choco Coco Cake
Start with your soyjoghurt, lemon juice and a few pieces of frozen Bananas. I have a hand blender, that actually has quite a hard time when it comes to frozen things. Blend and add bits and bits of your frozen fruits until you get a firm icecream/sorbet texture. 
Now you need to hurry, because it melts super easily. Decorate with wild roses (the petals are eatable), a piece of lime and chocolate balls. Serve cold as ice and enjoy!
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For over a year i could not make pancakes, because i had an old pan. How annoying is that?!
Thing is, that pancake making is an expertise on its own and i have never been really good at it. 
So lucky me, i have gotten a pan from my friend (perfect size and best present ever). I love when people give you stuff you actually need. Especially these house tools, i am too stingy to spend the money on it. 
Anyway first Sunday after i got this amazing pan , i decided its time for another try. I prepared the pastry one night before and stored it in the fridge, so when you wake up you can directly start frying.
These Pancakes are without added sugars, the sweetness mainly comes from the ripe Banana. You can make them glutenfree, if you use another flour (and they are vegan of course)
Level: ADVANCED
What you need:
a very good new pan! 
PANCAKES
1 very ripe Banana
1 Tsp Lemon Juice
1dl Oatmilk
1 Tsp Coconut Oil
1 dl Spelt Flour
1 dl Water
1/2 Tsp Vanilla Powder
1 Tsp Corn Starch
1/2 Tsp Baking Powder
TOPPING
2 Tbsp Sunflower Seeds
1/2 Apple
1 tsp Coconut Oil
1 slice orange
2 Tbsp Soyjoghurt
Vanilla Powder
Cinnamon
Prepare your pastry by adding Banana and Lemon Juice in a Bowl. Start mashing your Banana with a fork, until its a fluent mass. Add on the rest of the ingredients and stirr very well. The pastry should be liquid, so easy to pour into the pan. The starch helps it to stick together, instead of an egg.
Heat up your pan and add a tiny bit of coconut oil. It should be really hot when you pour the pastry into it, so the pancake directly starts to cook. 
This is really serious business, since you hardly know when you can turnover the pancake. I discovered that with these ones you can see that one side is ready, as soon as the air bubbles inside escape to the top. 
If you are professional you can try to flip your pancakes, but i use a normal spatula.
Don't get discouraged, the first one looks always shit. 
For the topping mix the juice of 1/2 slice orange with vanilla and soyjoghurt.
Then start roasting the sunflower seeds with a bit of coconut oil in a Pan. 
Cut your apple in small pieces, i used a very old one (they get much sweeter after a while).
Add your apples and spice them with cinnamon. Fry until they are slightly crunchy.
Decorate on your plate and enjoy
SUNDAY IN BED WITH PANCAKES
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