capri, the amalfi coast

Just a short boat-ride away from Sorrento, Positano and Naples is the island of Capri.

It's absolute postcard perfection.

The boat will bring you into the small harbour, but the main town is on top of the hill. Which can only mean one thing... an uphill hike. Up and up and up and up you go, until you arrive at a Funicular station.

Bitter from the knowledge that we could've caught the train and saved our poor legs, we consoled ourselves with an orange from a nearby tree. Do we know how to have fun or what?

Hiking aside, you really need to get to the top one way or another. Look at the view...

Blue blue sky, blue blue sea.

Now jump in a boat. Any boat will do. We're off to see Capri by sea.

Babe

The Scugnizzo or welcoming statue. Give him an air high-five!

The Coral Grotto

The White Grotto

The Green Grotto

Think Capri. This is the picture that will usually come to mind. The Faraglioni.

Our boat driver skipper (my dad will kill me for that) decided to take us through the rock. Either Stella, Mezzo or Fuori, I can't remember which. Naming rocks seems all a bit excessive.

Classic back shot

Now if you've seen enough photos of rocks and stuff we'll head back to shore for some boat watching & grape popping.

Then we headed back to Sorrento to catch up with Naomi who's been living in Pompeii for the year. But a catch up without cocktails and a view of Mount Vesuvius is nothing to shout about. And Naomi's Pina Colada was shout-from-the-rooftops good.

Mount Vesuvius

Then it was time to hike (ahem, catch a bus) 8km up a hill for our last night on the farm in the clouds...

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positano & pompeii, the amalfi coast

The next day we woke up and our farm in the clouds was quite literally in a cloud. Which was great, except in and amongst our shorts, t-shirts and summer dresses we'd forgotten to pack cloud appropriate attire. Whatever that may be.

Luckily we were out off on a day trip, and as soon as we descended from our farm in the cloud we reached Positano just below the cloud.

Positano below the cloud

After a several hour struggle, the sun managed to poke his way through the clouds. And when the sun shines, Positano really comes alive.

The Duomo

A net of lilac flowers and green leaves cover the town's walkways. It's beyond beautiful.

Spice up your life

Positano is not for the faint hearted or out of breath. Our day consisted of climbing up stairs to climb down stairs to stop for a drink, then climb back up and head back down again.

But then you get a view like this and it all seems worthwhile. Almost.

Homemade iced teas

Next stop Pompeii. Which honestly is a little bit overwhelming. A sea of tourists amongst the 2000 year old ruins of a town. It's huge. There's so much to see that you end up feeling like you saw nothing at all.  But that doesn't take away from the fact that you're surrounded by 2000 year old stones, bricks and mortar. 

I won't bore you with a history lesson (overview: volcano eruption, people arghh, town destroyed), instead here are some postcards from Pompeii. If you're still curious and would like to spend 2hrs oggling Jon Snow the Bastard topless, go watch the film. If you're more about the facts than the six packs there are plenty of documentaries around.

Looks like the Wicked Witch from Narnia's been to visit Pompeii...

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