Day 10

Our hotel is situated 20mins out of Sorrento, perched extremely high on a rocky cliff The cute little town is called Massa Lubrense. The trip up and down to the hotel is fought with danger. Imagine the Great Ocean road, ten times worse, ten x more windy, 10 x worse sheer drops, a narrower road, in a bus, in a country where road rules mean nothing. Got the idea ?
Luckily the coach drivers are local and experienced , that however did not stop the passengers oohing, ahhing, and oh my goshing, all the way down and up the road- no matter how many times we did it. ( sorry, Sally those words can not be found in a dictionary).



Anyway, we left for the Isle of Capri at 7:15am. Arriving at the Marina Grande about 9am. It takes about thirty mins to go across to the island from Sorrento. Tourists of course are everywhere. Our local guide is very informative and we are bussed around the island to experience all it's panoramic views, shops, museums and boutiques. The island is somewhat similiar to sorrento's topography- so once again we had to endure a nail biting experience in the mini buses. Even though this island is for the rich and famous, all the cars are quite old, as bumps and scratches are normal on everyones duco.
Greg was brave and went on a chair lift to the top of the island, the views were spectacular.



The isle of Capri is the most expensive island to live on in the Mediterranean, as all it's goods have to come from the mainland. Even water is piped in, they now have a desalination plant for drinking water.( Rhyce you may wish to come over for a study tour).
The staircase of 777 steps connecting two of the towns together wad built 4,000 years ago. Thankfully we did not have to climb them.

In the afternoon we had some free time, so we decided to relax with a coffee overlooking the beach. The beach is made up of large pebbles, so we found it very amusing watching the jet set trying to negotiate the pebbles in their stylish shoes and sit on the bumps. Of course you can hire a deck chair, for comfort, but if you want to swim it's painful walking to the waters edge.
Motels on the island are extremely expensive,€900 a night - and you don't even get sand on the beach!
It was a good experience, but our beaches are much better.

We returned back to our motel at 5pm, once again exhausted from lots of walking and looking forward to a nanna nap before tea 7:30.

Buonasera
Leanne and Greg xxxx



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Location:Neapolitan Riviera. Isle of Capri