Avventura in Sorrento & Capri

We caught the red eye from Keflavik to Munich then to Naples. We suddenly found ourselves in warm sunny weather with a view of the sea.  We spent our first day traveling, napping by the pool and sampling Southern Italian cuisine. 

On the second day we ventured to Capri via boat. The views of Sorrento from the boat were breath taking. 

Capri Island

We arrived into Marino Piccola and promptly started to walk up the hill side. 

As you can see with the pictures of Capri her roads are giant  Z-shaped zigzags that transverse the hill add nearly vertically.  So we ended up

taking the bus to the top. Capri has some of the most breath taking views of Sorrento and the bay of Naples. It also contains shops whose contents far exceed the entire trips budget. 

We were able to swim and snorkel off the coast of Capri. (As this was an unanticipated excursion, I left my waterproof camera on my desk in Virginia- handy). We even got to swim through some caves. The last photos is of Sam getting her on shower on the front of the boat. The water is the runoff of an ancient Roman Aqueduct.  

Amalfi 

What to say about Amalfi... It's beautiful (of course) but getting there was an unpleasant exploit. We decided to take the bus, which Rick Steve refers to as a 'white knuckle ride'. We took hair-pin turns at starling speeds and stop randomly to try to go tandem with bus going the opposite direction. But once we got there it was beautiful. Did Sam let me enjoy the beach? No! We did a hike with picturesque views displayed below. We even got to tour an abandoned paper mill from the thirteenth century and get soaked by a waterfall and a mid afternoon thunderstorm. The sights of the lightning striking the Mediterranean Sea were fantastic. 

Amy

Treno a Naploli