Italia: Sorrento, Naples, Pompeii, and Capri Island

Ahhh what a great weekend! Toni, Andrea, and I had so much fun! It was the best weekend I have had in a long time. Above is the sea view of the city of Sorrento. It was fun just sitting and people watching and enjoying the scenery!

Sorrento is also very famous for its lemons and of course lemoniciello! We ended up getting a nice seafood dinner our first night, and a round of lemoniciello on the house! The food was amazing and the atmosphere was great (we sat on the patio of the local restaurant that is right on the sea).

This is the view from the top of castellamare of the bay of Naples in the background!

This photo was also taken at the top of the hill, only this picture is from a ruin on the hill and is looking at the bay of Sorrento and the island in the distance is Capri. This was a fun hike because the whole time it felt a bit like Oregon.

Oh wow! So Capri is probably my favorite place in the world next to Costa Rica! This is the port of Capri. You can see Capri Town just ahead, and if we were to climb the hill we would find the city center and the second city of Capri, Anacapri.

Horray for friends and riding on boats! That is what we got to do a lot of when we arrived. As soon as we got off the ferry we went to the blue grotto.

This is a picture from the inside of the blue grotto! It was gorgeous! The blue color is due to the refraction of the sun on the water; even though it looks like there is a wall below the surface, there actually is not. If it was warmer (and not illegal) you could swim right out of the grotto into the Tyrrhenian Sea! The really fun part was getting in...the speed boat takes you to the grotto entrance and then you get into small three person row boats. Then to get into the grotto yourself, you have to lay down and slide in. Very fun and very worth it!

This is the view from the centro (or center) of Capri Town, which is 450ft above the port via hills and stairs. It was worth it:) We then had lunch on the roof of a restaurant here in the centro.

Once lunch was done it was time to hit the beach! It was great just laying on the beach, and getting in the turqoise water! There were very tiny jellyfish floating around and lots of fish. It reminded me of a movie. After tanning we of course, had to have gellato and Toni and I both bought a pair of classic strappy Italian leather sandals, that were literally made for our feet!

On Sunday we journied to Pompeii, and let me tell you it was amazing! This is the beginning of the site with Mt. Vesuvius looming in the distance. Pompeii is also very, very big, so if you go pack a lunch..no, seriously!