Teal Water, Gorgeous Men, and Limoncello. What More Could I Have Asked For?

The next day (Friday, the 27th of April, if any of you are actually keeping track), Sarah and I took the ferry across from Naples to Capri. The boat ride in was absolutely beautiful. Capri, being an island, juts out from the Sea, and the entire surface is covered in the greenest of green trees and thousand upon thousand of houses and buildings. The don't waste any space. 

Picture of me upon our arrival to the Marina Grande

After carrying our luggage up very narrow and windy streets (stopping several times to ask people for directions along the way), we finally got to our hotel. There are no hostels in Capri, so we were FORCED to book a hotel. Upon our arrival, were informed that Hostelworld (the website through which we booked the hotel) never actually informed our hotel of our reservation, and the hotel we were supposed to stay at was full. So we were homeless. However, the woman was so so so kind as to call Hostelworld and see if they would find us another hotel available. And while she was on the phone with them, she sat us on the balcony of the hotel, served us a bottle of water, mango juice and cookies. Eventually she came out and informed us that she had found another hotel for us to stay in. Perk: because of the inconvenience, we would be paying the same amount for the second hotel. So...we got a reservation for a 4-star hotel for the same price as we were going to pay for the other hotel (around 40€ a night). Not. Bad :)

The lobby in our 4-star hotel!!!

For those of you who have seen the movie The Holiday, try to remember how Kate Winslet's character acted when she was running around Cameron Diaz's house. That was me and Sarah. Mouths wide open, gasping at how beautiful everything was, and how we were actually going to be staying there. For two girls who had been sleeping in 6 to 16-person dorm rooms every time we travelled, this was absolute paradise. So after our kids-first-trip-to-DisneyWorld happy dances, the woman at the new hotel told us where to find a beach.

And we were off.

Finally, after days of traveling and crappy weather, all we wanted to do was pass out in the sun. So that's what we did :) on a beach, in a little alcove on the South side of the island - rocks jutting up from the surrounding 270 degrees, and clear blue water endlessly expanded in front of us. Several times during the day, I had to remind myself where I was.

The windy pathway down to the beach - with the most breathtaking view

Faraglioni (the three rock formations off the coast of Capri)

Another beautiful view from our hike down to the beach

Picture of my friend and travel partner, Sarah on her little island in the sun :)

That night, we asked the people at the hotel where to go to dinner, and they recommended this great place for pasta. It took us forever to find it, because it was down this little alley way, and the door wasn't well marked. However, when you walked in, it was clear that the restaurant had once been an old house. The inside was warm and cozy, and then you walked through a door into a stone-walled courtyard filled with candle-lit tables. There were trees in the corners, and because it was open, you could look up and see the stars. Sarah and I ordered pasta and split a bottle of red wine before going back to the hotel so we could wake up early the next morning and make the most of our day.

On our last day in Capri, we did what any good tourist would - we tried the local delicacy: Limoncello. I had heard of Limoncello before, and I had been told that I needed to try it if I went to Capri, but for some reason I didn't fully understand what it was...which provided for an interesting experience...Sarah and I figured that as we were meandering around Marina Grande, we might as well sip on - what we thought would be - some refreshing lemonade-type drink. So at 11:30am, we went into a restaurant and asked for 2 Limoncello's to go. We were not-so-pleasantly surprised to find out that each one cost 4€...we were even less pleasantly surprised when the waitress brought out little Dixie cups with the yellow drink. I couldn't believe I had paid 4€ (almost 6 American dollars) for this little shit of a drink. But as soon as I tasted it, I understood. Limoncello is a lemon liqueur. So I wasn't drinking 4€ lemonade. I was drinking 4€ lemon-flavored alcohol. Straight. At 11:30 in the morning. Talk about feeling like a total tourist, walking around with my Limoncello when it's not even noon.

Picture from Marina Grande

After finishing our lemon alcohol, we headed to a different beach (the first one was better) for a couple hours. 

Second Beach (where I actually swam with about 5 jellyfish floating around me)

One thing you won't be able to ignore if you ever get a chance to go to Capri is the streets. Scroll up to the picture of the winding pathway that I took down to the beach on the first day - now imagine cars trying to wind up the side of the mountain on streets like that. It happens. And at some points, the street becomes so narrow that one car has to stop and back up in order to let the other car through. Luckily, I captured a picture of this when I was on the bus up from the beach. The bus driver actually noticed what I was trying to capture, so he made me come and sit up on the center console of the bus - hence why my picture is so spectacular :)

This bus had to back up in order to let our through

After almost having a heart attack on the bus ride up the mountain, Sarah and I packed our bags and said goodbye to our beloved Capri as we boarded the ferry to Sorrento.

Sun setting over behind the cliff

À Bientôt!