Too much Limoncello!! and the day in Capri

Every where we went today and yesterday, whenever  we went anywhere people were giving free samples of Limoncellowo.  I like Limoncello if I would have a sore throat or something.  It is a little like  cough syrup but if one adds ice or hot water it is great.  So I have had it about 5 times so far.  They give samples in hope that you will buy it.

We started the day with a boat ride on a fast boat to the Isle of Capri.  I took Gravol, Ginger and my pressure bandages for my wrists.  All was well until it started getting rough and then I could not turn my head around.  We had a lovely hot day, with full sun and heat.

I arrived fine once I was on land.  Capri is very pretty.  We hustled over to book the Blue Grotto Trip and we did this and went on a 20 passenger boat to the Blue Grotto where we had to transfer on rough water to a row  boat, almost lying down.  From there we waited for our turn to enter the Blue Grotto.  The water was high and we had to time it and everyone had to put their head down to get through the opening which was pretty tight.  I was lying on the row boat with Selena and Jean Louis on one end and I on top and then Debbie was at the other end.  It was really fun and it was so fast you did not have time to get worried about it all.  The Blue Grotto was dark and Mediterranean Blue.  We had to time it again to get out as the sea was rough and got out without getting too wet.  According to the boatman, it had been closed for the last four days as the water was too rough.  We got into our bigger boats and then it took 1/2 hour to to get back to Capri.  We ate lunch on a park bench overlooking the main arrival square and it was lovely.  The we walked up a steep road to look at the upscale hotels and the private beach.  This was a lovely place.  A resort.  Then we went shopping and I bought some lemon soap and then we had a gelato.  I also bought some gem incrusted flip flops to go with my purchased shirt that will go with the top I brought from home.  So now I have an outfit for the dinner hours.  It was a great resort time.

Then at 1:40 were were back on the boat in the full sun.  I wanted to stay in the sun as once I get home, that will be it for the sunshine till spring.  The trip back was good, the sea was calmer than when we came and I was fine.  From the port in Naples we were picked up in a bus with a guide, Barbara, who gave us a lot of detail on the local history which was fascinating.  First we did a driving tour of Naples ( a very gritty, dirty city full of garbage and graffiti, it is as if they forgot, the structures are nice and not crumbling but there is garbage everywhere).  We then had a walking tour of the old sector and the semi old sectors of Naples.  There were packed streets on a Saturday and probably full of pick-pockets.  We had to let a pile of protesters go by and then we had some lovely local dessert, Sfrangstatello or something like that .  We already had the Baba au Rum and this other local speciality was made with ricotta sand heated up.  It was delicious.  We walked back through these congested streets to our hotel in the same grotty area (all of Naples is grotty).  It looks great from a distance.  Then a shower and shampoo and I put on my outfit and we all went our for dinner at a trattoria where I had Veal with lemon sauce and grilled vegetable and then some more Limoncello and decaf coffee.  Allison, Brenda and Jean-Louis walked the block back together to our hotel and Debbie is packing up.  I have also consolidated my stuff and hopefully I won't have to pay the $100 for the extra bag as I am dragging everything back in the cabin.  At least that is what I am hoping to do.

So another wonderful day in Italy.  Tomorrow is our last day and it is Pompei.  The last time Vesuvius blew up it was 1944, lets hope that it does not blow its top tomorrow!!  The holiday is coming to an end. 

Barb & Debbie in Naples