The Island of Capri

Sunday was a beautiful day. Let me tell you! We got up early to meet and walk to the port to grab tickets to see Capri. We took a fast boat/jet thing that took about 45 minutes to get from Naples to Capri.

Once we arrived at the Island, we took a 2 hour boat tour around the Island, that was pretty good and we got to see a lot of the Island from the sea. It was very mountainous and just seemed to jut out from the sea. There were lots of buildings in the mountain sides and a lot of pretty views. We got to see and go through the arch of the one of the Faraglioni rocks and continue around the island.

Here are two of the three Faraglioni rocks

(the other is still attached to the land)
We went through the arch on our boat tour

After our boat tour, we decided to eat some grub. We were informed that it would be worth our time to go to the Centro and eat some gelato there. So we found a sign and began heading up a little pathway with stairs and walkways. It was very cute, but after a while of walking up a steep mountain, the rest of the group decided to stop, because we did not know how much farther it was (and we were hot and hungry and it was very steep). Aaron wanted to continue, so the rest of the group went back down and I followed him up and up and up and eventually after a long walk and lots of grumping from me, we made it to the Centro. Let me tell you, this is like the perfect example of perseverance. The Little Engine that Could had nothing on me. The view was beautiful! Pictures do not do it justice.

Overlook at the Centro at Capri

Anyway, Aaron and I had a very nice lunch and a surprise. After lunch I found out that there are lots of other ways to get to the center besides hiking uphill, but the rest of the group walked up (yes walked up) and we walked around up there looking at the beautiful landscapes for a while before returning to Naples.

We returned to Naples, tired from a long day in the sun (and walking up hill forever) but I had a wonderful and memorable day at Capri.