CAPRI

Last day on the Amalfi Coast so decided to do a trip around Capri, caught a local boat tour with 3 other couples from around the world, small boat, but a lot of fun.   

Capri is a beautiful island, went and did the Blue Grotto, of which an Italian man took 2 - 4 persons from their tour boat into a dingy.  How you enter the Grotto is like going down Alice of Wonderlands rabbit hole, you lay literally flat on the bottom of the boat, squashing each one of you if their are 4 with the Italian guide laying down too, pulling on a chain to maneuvour the boat to get into the grotto.  First of all it is of course pitch black then you can hear others and the Italian guides start to sing, "It's now or never" in Italian (amasing echo).   Wow they could sing, but also desparate to get tips.   The water is aqua blue as a result of the sunlight reflecting into the cave entrance. 

Capri is such a busy place on land, lots of crowds.  Went up the cable car to the centre of Capri.  Went into the local church as others did, to my surprise their was a funeral! So that offically makes 4 weddings and a funeral we have seen so far on our trip! 

Sharlene enjoyed swimming through the green grotto, which was a hole in the rock! 

Headed back to Positano then Priano our home base, then strolled down 356 steps to get to our local beach for a swim.  Well worth the trek. 

This evening it is a Catholic celebration and sing song at the local church and community centre, the area is well decorated with lights, and all the locals have turned up. So far we have heard an ABBA song "The winner takes it all" in English, the rest all Italian. Night, night off to Roma tomorrow. 

Ciao Amalfi