Last Sunday, I came upon a reference to a place known as the "cocktail rocks" in a book that had been written about the history of Sorrento.
Although the book made reference to them, there was no indication of where they were, nor was there a reason given for their name.
There were 2 ladies referenced in this book that would know where they were (well 3, if you include the ghost that they claimed they saw there). But sadly, I knew that the 2 local ladies referenced had both recently passed away.
So after a few visits to a few people who I thought may be able to help me figure it out, I still came up short.
Until today.
A chance phone conversation from someone who called, that I hadn't thought to ask before today, revealed not only the location, but also a theory of how they came to be known as the "cocktail rocks."
Shortly after my phone conversation ended and I revealed the location to Henri, he asked if I wanted to go there. We've been there a thousand times, but tonight we waited around until sunset. It occurred to me that this was also the spot that I had found the rare piece of black sea glass that I had posted about last Sunday.
The below picture is a shot of the "cocktail rocks" not quite at high tide. Most of them disappear at high tide, which may have led a few people to discover an unfortunate new meaning for the term "on the rocks" if they just happened to be returning from a sail during their cocktail hour. At least, that was the theory, anyway.
So after a few visits to a few people who I thought may be able to help me figure it out, I still came up short.
Until today.
A chance phone conversation from someone who called, that I hadn't thought to ask before today, revealed not only the location, but also a theory of how they came to be known as the "cocktail rocks."
Shortly after my phone conversation ended and I revealed the location to Henri, he asked if I wanted to go there. We've been there a thousand times, but tonight we waited around until sunset. It occurred to me that this was also the spot that I had found the rare piece of black sea glass that I had posted about last Sunday.
The below picture is a shot of the "cocktail rocks" not quite at high tide. Most of them disappear at high tide, which may have led a few people to discover an unfortunate new meaning for the term "on the rocks" if they just happened to be returning from a sail during their cocktail hour. At least, that was the theory, anyway.
Perhaps there is more to it though. We'll see.
