Isle of Capri
I am starting with pictures this time and will add the script, hopefully in the morning.
Ok, here I am! The first two pictures show the lovely morning that we woke up to. Wouldn’t you know it.... by 7 am it was raining! 😡. But..... when the time came for us to walk over to the pair to catch our boat, the rain had almost quit. We rode over to the Island of Capri on a big ferry. There weren’t white caps on the water but there were still large sea swells, so the ride was quite “up and down”! Luckily, most people aren’t bothered with seasickness 🤢 but several of us are! So, we all survived the trip over!
When we got to Capri the sun was shining and we got a magnificent view of the the bay and the town! We then got on small busses that took us up the hill to the town centre. It is possible to walk up but that would have taken up too much of our time.
Our guide walked us through the narrow, winding alleyways, telling us about the area as we walked. We made our way to the Garden of Augusto where we also had a magnificent view of the bay below. It was breathtaking!!
We made our way back to the bus stop where we got on another set of small busses to take us to Anacapri, a smaller village that is perched WAY up on the other side of the island. The road was very narrow and it hugged the mountainside. At various times there is only enough room for one vehicle so they have traffic lights to control the direction of the traffic. It is not a ride suited for the faint of heart!!
The sun was still shiny when we arrived up top. We went past a chairlift that would take you right to the top of the mountain. Many of us decided we wanted to do that to get an even more amazing view of the surrounding area. It was lunch time, so we decided to eat lunch first and then go up. We all went to a restaurant that had huge windows, offering amazing views over the area. As we ate our lunch we watched the big, scary, black clouds rolling in. We were really thankful that we weren’t sitting on that chairlift at that point!!! Needless to say, the chair ride didn’t happen!! By the time we finished our lunch, it was pouring! 😏
We decided to head back down to Capri earlier than planned, as it offers more shops and restaurants to provide shelter in the rain. We made it safely back down the mountain and we had 1.5 hours of free time to hit the shops.
One shop sold Lemoncello and varies drinks and candies from the area. When we went in, they had music playing, and the salespeople were dancing with us and giving us free samples. It was a great sales tactic as we walked out with plenty of purchases!
Our trip back to Sorrento was on a large hydrofoil boat and it only took 20 minutes. Although the sea was much rougher, the ride wasn’t as nauseating, possibly because we were riding lower in the water and travelling faster.
We got back to the hotel at 4:30 and we had the rest of the day to do our own thing. We set out in small groups to shop and have dinner. Now we are off to Rome!!
Ciao for now!!
Ok, here I am! The first two pictures show the lovely morning that we woke up to. Wouldn’t you know it.... by 7 am it was raining! 😡. But..... when the time came for us to walk over to the pair to catch our boat, the rain had almost quit. We rode over to the Island of Capri on a big ferry. There weren’t white caps on the water but there were still large sea swells, so the ride was quite “up and down”! Luckily, most people aren’t bothered with seasickness 🤢 but several of us are! So, we all survived the trip over!
When we got to Capri the sun was shining and we got a magnificent view of the the bay and the town! We then got on small busses that took us up the hill to the town centre. It is possible to walk up but that would have taken up too much of our time.
Our guide walked us through the narrow, winding alleyways, telling us about the area as we walked. We made our way to the Garden of Augusto where we also had a magnificent view of the bay below. It was breathtaking!!
We made our way back to the bus stop where we got on another set of small busses to take us to Anacapri, a smaller village that is perched WAY up on the other side of the island. The road was very narrow and it hugged the mountainside. At various times there is only enough room for one vehicle so they have traffic lights to control the direction of the traffic. It is not a ride suited for the faint of heart!!
The sun was still shiny when we arrived up top. We went past a chairlift that would take you right to the top of the mountain. Many of us decided we wanted to do that to get an even more amazing view of the surrounding area. It was lunch time, so we decided to eat lunch first and then go up. We all went to a restaurant that had huge windows, offering amazing views over the area. As we ate our lunch we watched the big, scary, black clouds rolling in. We were really thankful that we weren’t sitting on that chairlift at that point!!! Needless to say, the chair ride didn’t happen!! By the time we finished our lunch, it was pouring! 😏
We decided to head back down to Capri earlier than planned, as it offers more shops and restaurants to provide shelter in the rain. We made it safely back down the mountain and we had 1.5 hours of free time to hit the shops.
One shop sold Lemoncello and varies drinks and candies from the area. When we went in, they had music playing, and the salespeople were dancing with us and giving us free samples. It was a great sales tactic as we walked out with plenty of purchases!
Our trip back to Sorrento was on a large hydrofoil boat and it only took 20 minutes. Although the sea was much rougher, the ride wasn’t as nauseating, possibly because we were riding lower in the water and travelling faster.
We got back to the hotel at 4:30 and we had the rest of the day to do our own thing. We set out in small groups to shop and have dinner. Now we are off to Rome!!
Ciao for now!!
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