Here’s the truth: I’m scared of the chaotic roads in my homeland of Italy. It's a bit like Bret Easton Ellis’s opening declaration in his debut novel, Less Than Zero, about people’s fear of merging on freeways in LA.
But instead of five-lane motorways and 18-wheelers speeding past, I’m terrified of Italy’s unruly mopeds, wandering pedestrians, and narrow, twisty curves along steep cliffs – all sights that make the Amalfi Coast both an iconic destination and one of the most overcrowded.
