Ciao tutti!
I am in a bar with wireless access, sitting at the bar, using my computer, drinking a Campari and soda,
munching on complimentary olives, cheese, and grilled vegetables... ahhh... if I could just figure out how to actual real work like this! It's 20:30 and I left Trudy in the room, safely tucked into bed... we both are pretty tired from our day, but guess I still have more energy left than she does!
We had one of our rare 'set the alarm' days... got up at 7:30 and walked down the many steps to the harbor, and took the 9:25 ferry to Capri. Yesterday we went to the harbor a couple of times, sat in the sun, watched the water, and checked out the ticket booth and schedule for Capri. Unfortunately, the sun did not hold, and we woke to rain and thick clouds. We waited for the ticket booth to open, then for the unexplainable delay in the line... once we got to the window one of the women seemed to be processing large numbers of tickets, while the other woman helped those in line... we figured out later that they were processing tickets for the large groups of Asian tourists who joined the few locals on the ferry... anyway, the ferry only takes 25 minutes, and once at Marina Grande there is a finicular that climbs up to Capri Town--it takes about 6 minutes, so we bought tickets and took that. Once in Capri Town we went to Umberto piazza and made our way into the only bar open, ordered cappuccini and chocolate coronetto for me, and nut tart for Trudy.. .my diet has really gone to hell on this trip--up until about 13:00 each day, I usually have something sweet and 2 or 3 cappuccini, and maybe some fruit.
I'd read in a guide book about a short walk to the ancient ruins of Tiberius' villa on the east end of the island, so we walked through the narrow, car-free streets--more like wide sidewalks--very cool, walking past entrances to homes and villas, all marked with distinctive tiles with the name of the residence and the number...
I am running out of internet time so will complete this later, and will post some pictures... Just want to say that once we left the Asian tourists at Marina Grande--where they were being loaded on to boats to go around to the Blue Grotto in the rain... brrrrr!--we literally did not see one other tourist in Capri Town, on the walk, or at the ruins... most of the shops were closed and completely empty--unlike Sorrento, Capri closes its shutters in the winter...
more later,
ciao tutti!
I am in a bar with wireless access, sitting at the bar, using my computer, drinking a Campari and soda,
munching on complimentary olives, cheese, and grilled vegetables... ahhh... if I could just figure out how to actual real work like this! It's 20:30 and I left Trudy in the room, safely tucked into bed... we both are pretty tired from our day, but guess I still have more energy left than she does!
We had one of our rare 'set the alarm' days... got up at 7:30 and walked down the many steps to the harbor, and took the 9:25 ferry to Capri. Yesterday we went to the harbor a couple of times, sat in the sun, watched the water, and checked out the ticket booth and schedule for Capri. Unfortunately, the sun did not hold, and we woke to rain and thick clouds. We waited for the ticket booth to open, then for the unexplainable delay in the line... once we got to the window one of the women seemed to be processing large numbers of tickets, while the other woman helped those in line... we figured out later that they were processing tickets for the large groups of Asian tourists who joined the few locals on the ferry... anyway, the ferry only takes 25 minutes, and once at Marina Grande there is a finicular that climbs up to Capri Town--it takes about 6 minutes, so we bought tickets and took that. Once in Capri Town we went to Umberto piazza and made our way into the only bar open, ordered cappuccini and chocolate coronetto for me, and nut tart for Trudy.. .my diet has really gone to hell on this trip--up until about 13:00 each day, I usually have something sweet and 2 or 3 cappuccini, and maybe some fruit.
I'd read in a guide book about a short walk to the ancient ruins of Tiberius' villa on the east end of the island, so we walked through the narrow, car-free streets--more like wide sidewalks--very cool, walking past entrances to homes and villas, all marked with distinctive tiles with the name of the residence and the number...
I am running out of internet time so will complete this later, and will post some pictures... Just want to say that once we left the Asian tourists at Marina Grande--where they were being loaded on to boats to go around to the Blue Grotto in the rain... brrrrr!--we literally did not see one other tourist in Capri Town, on the walk, or at the ruins... most of the shops were closed and completely empty--unlike Sorrento, Capri closes its shutters in the winter...
more later,
ciao tutti!
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