Capri

The trip from Pompeii was somewhat of a "hurry up and wait" experience, with a rather tricky descent from Sorrento station to the marina. Cobblestones do not make a friendly footing for wheeled luggage.
   The ferry ride to Capri was a little rough. One of the crew was walking around with plastic "barf bags" offering them to patrons based on what I am guessing would be skin colour and overall expression. The trip took roughly 30 minutes, ending with a rather chaotic exit from the dock area. Given the option of a 25Euro cab ride or a 7 Euro bus ride we opted for the latter and spent a good half hour in line for the pleasure of being squeezed onto a 8 seater mini bus along with 30 other people and their luggage. The ride to Anacapri was a serpentine route that skirted the cliffs and climbed ever higher above the sea. The bus rolled into the central square around 12:30pm and a policeman pointed us in the direction of our hotel. ( For once, an actual hotel, as opposed to a B&B. ) Anacapri ( meaning Upper Capri) is roughly in the centre of the island and seems to be a little less "upscale" than it's adjacent partner. After a tour of the town we did take a bus ride to Cari town where we spent a couple of hours wandering the streets, window shopping the Designer stores on the main drag, Georgio Armana Leg and Dolce and Banana or whatever the eff it is called. The restaurants weren't much better- 90 euro for 5 courses, accompanying wine another 45. We quickly retreated back to Anacapri for  decent meal at a family run taverna.
 Monday we spent the morning taking the cable ride up to the top of Monte Solaro, one of the highest points on the island and a great viewpoint to see the entire island, A hike down from the top was not without incident as both Susanna and I slipped on wet ground and did a rather rough tumble before regaining our footing. I now have a bruised hip for my efforts and Susanna has a few small puncture wounds from thorns.
 It took the better part of Tuesday to travel from Anacapri to the main harbour then to Sorrento via high speed ferry. Our wait at the bus terminal was close to an hour before we managed to grab seats on a bus to Amafi. It woud be another hour and a hald before we were able to board a bus up into the hills above Amalfi for our stay in Ravello, Set on the side of several steep hills, this town is generally a day trip for most tourists, For us it is a break away from the herds of cruise sheep. The place seems to be one photo op after another and there are several paths along the hills to neighbouring towns, so we may not be in any kind of rush to return to Amalfi.