Capri (Day 7)

The next day we took a boat tour that took us to Capri and around the island. Everyone talks about Capri (pronounced "KAH-pree") so of course we were anxious to check it out for ourselves. It was pretty...but jammed. People everywhere. I have to say, the glamour of Capri was definitely lost among the masses of people crowding the streets. However...we had a beautiful sunny day and a very relaxing boat ride to enjoy.

Heading out in the morning.

Upon arriving to Capri we went directly up to the Anacapri area where there was a single person chairlift taking you up to the highest point of the island. Not that I loved it by any means but Chad was NOT a fan.

Up top...looking down.

From this view you can see what this island is such a draw to people.

Standing along the edge with the famous Faraglioni rock formation in the background. Chad was being all weird about coming to the edge--I was not nice and called him a wimp.

The towns are made up of all white-washed buildings.

Thankfully, he got over the wimp comment.

Mt Vesuvius.

The death trap chair lift.

Old shoemaker. Adorable.

Taxi Riding.

This is what all the taxis look like on the island.

Perusing a little Italian Couture.

The streets were line with high end shops.

Meant to be! This street is named after me!

Gorgeous gardens of Julius Ceasar.

Another amazing view from the gardens.

Handsome hubs.

This basically says Caesar's gardens...or soemthing.

Land of the lemons.

Dining alfresco at lunch.

The funicular down to the bottom.

Our boat!!!!

Just kidding...this is our real boat.

We stopped at the blue grotto...an amazingly beautiful natural fomation. We were the only ones on our boat that went---probably b/c it was so expensive. However, I have to admit, I've never seen anything like it in my life. We got into a tiny boat with an Italian man smoking a cigarette and terrible B.O.

Do you see that very tiny hole/opening on the left of those metal rails, yeah, that is where we went in. We had to lay down (with said B.O. smelling Italian laying pretty much on top of me) to get in there.

This is what we saw. So amazing and beautiful!

To get the real experience, look at this picture, get the smell of body odor in your head and hear LOUD Italian singing from the canoe man right in your ear, giggle with your husband. Yep, that's about right.

Headed around the island and through the Faraglioni - the most famous rock formation of Capri, the rocks are named (l-r) Stella, Mezzo and Scopolo.

The green grotto.

The sunburn starts to sink in.

The man with the unibrow.

Headed to dinner at Le Terraze.

Beautiful, romantic dinner in a restaurant literally was perched out over the ocean. However, b/c of our boat ride all day and the sound of the waves coming in....I felt seasick for most of dinner--like I was rocking. It was unfortunate.

Dessert to end the night back at our hotel.