Wisteria Crayon: The Island of Capri

Vesuvius under clouds and sun

leaving the Port of Napoli

The Island of Capri turned out to be my favorite part of the trip. It is a gorgeous area, full of breathtaking views, lovely villas and little towns, and stunningly blue water!
The trip to Capri, on the other hand, was not all that enjoyable! The ferry was 1.5 hours long - and 90% of the ferry was seasick. Thankfully, I wasn't, but it was not all that enjoyable either way. The storm the day before had really hit hard and we were still reeling in its wake.
(We were informed that the day before, the swells had reached 6 meters)

First glimpse of Capri

You'll see the "super scary cliff road" on the mountainside. Around the corner is Anacapri.

Once we arrived (and bought motion sickness medicine), the day turned out to be beautiful!!!!!

We took a super scary bus ride along a cliff to Anacapri, where our little hotel was. My eyes were closed most of the time. Oh, and it was also under construction...what?! And I even grew up on super scary cliff roads in Peru...this was way worse! (but not worse than the trip to Pomabamba, fam!)

view from our balcony

The hotel had such a lovely view of the blue water of the Bay of Napoli, but we were honestly only there to sleep. The owner told us about a hike on the other side of the island that offered impressive views - boy, was she right!

And also, I'm very glad she told us which way to go.
It starts off hiking through gently rising streets of Capri..

...and then you go down a bazillion stairs! (We were breathing too hard to take pictures, so this is all I've got)

It was strenuous, but totally worth it!

Natural arch

Faraglioni rocks from above - the boats actually drive through one of the little arches in one of the big rocks

Faraglioni rocks from farther away

We ate dinner in Capri, watching the town wind down and start to fall asleep. It was quite a heavenly place once most of the tourists left.

Walked back to look over Capri as it fell asleep from a cliff overlook

streets of Anacapri

We headed back to Anacapri and fell asleep, with almost 20,000 steps again and at least 80 flights of stairs! That was just from the afternoon really! Well worth it!

The second day started with a little exploring around Anacapri.

Overlook of Capri from Villa San Michele

Villa San Michele - built by Swedish physician Axel Munthe, who was rumored to be a love-interest of Queen Victoria

Casa Rossa - built by an American Civil War colonel

It was another lovely day, but not as clear and captivating as the day before. When we checked out and headed back to Capri, we settled in for a boat ride around the island. WORTH IT!

This grotto is for the Virgin Mary because there is a stalagtite inside that looks like the Madonna

Famous house because of it's interesting architecture

Faraglioni

Grotta Verde (Green grotto)

Gorgeous water!!

Grotta Azzura (Blue Grotto) - tiny whole in the wall and very over-priced...so this is as close as we got to it

I would not have wanted to go in, but only to see what it looked like with the light glittering on the water. Google it...it's gorgeous!

Villa San Michele in Anacapri. This is where I took the overlook pictures. I wasn't kidding when I said it was on a cliff.

After eating our sandwiches on a park bench (we discovered just how expensive Capri was, so we opted for sack lunches), we rested up and then got settled in for our short ferry ride to the coastal town of Sorrento.

(No pictures because we slept)

This ferry ride was much better! Once we arrived to Sorrento, we had yet another hike to go on with our little suitcases before arriving at our cliff hotel. I say "cliff" because it was literally on a cliff overlooking the water on the outskirts of Sorrento.
All of the Amalfi Coast is one huge cliff...yikes.

We got some groceries and then walked back into town for a scrumptious dinner of pasta! I was in heaven, with pizza and pasta being our main dishes on this trip! Yes!