European Adventure: A day on the Isle of Capri

Taking advice of friends, we spent a day on Capri and yes it it glitzy and VERY touristy but it is also amazingly beautiful. We had to get the train to Naples then a tram to the port, then the ferry. All require an amount of problem solving!! In fact we are constantly confronted with problems of how to get to any where at all. That's part of the fun of travelling. Thank god for the Here app and Helen's technology expertise I say!! The Island was packed, tourists everywhere. There were huge lines for the bus and the cable car (phew) so after getting a map and some information (you can actually walk there) we walked up to Capri central. Pretty crowded there too. We were hungry so found a nice place to eat and had our usual delicious pasta with meat for Helen and with clams, porcini mushrooms and shrimp for me! Yum yum. A glass of red too of course. There was a place called Natural Arch on one side of the island so we decided to walk there. The walk was gorgeous. Beautiful little laneways with well tended gardens of brightly coloured flowers, citrus trees, shrubs and lots of pots filed with flowers. Many people have gates ( no wonder with all the tourists) that are wrought iron and you can see their incredible views out to sea. Wow!! When we were almost at Natural Arch we rounded a corner and were just stopped in our tracks with the view. In fact we were both quite overwhelmed. It as just spectacular. Unfortunately there was repair work going on actually at the arch so we couldn't go in. There are a lot of places we would have liked to walk to but we had to nominate a ferry return time when we got our ticket and foolishly we said 4.30. We will have to explore further when we come back!! Got back around 7 after buying some fresh warm crusty bread and roasted vegetables which we had with cheese, a fresh peach for dessert and finished off our bottle of red. We were well and truly sated!! Off to Rome tomorrow!!

Our ferry