Sorrento and Capri

Last thursday we took the midnight bus to Naples, then a subway to Sorrento. Sorrento is right on the coast of Italy. We got there around 7am and not many of us were able to sleep on the bus so we dropped off our stuff at the hostel and went straight to the beach. After Lunch we walked around and explored the town.

Sorrento is famous for it's huge lemons and there were lemon trees everywhere.

The main street was decorated for the World Cup and had Italian flags strung everywhere but also had a large flag for every other other country hung up somewhere. We ended up wandering to this park that was having a free dance show that night. We watched them practicing for the show then came back later and ate dinner in the same area then went back to the stage and watched the show. Because it wasn't in a touristy area dinner wasn't expensive but it was in an amazingly beautiful location and the food and service was amazing.

The next day we went to Capri! Capri is an Island right off the coast and is absolutely gorgeous. We took a boat there that had a tour guide that told us the history of the island as we drove around it. I haven't been on a boat in awhile and it felt great to be back on one.

Our first stop was the blue grotto. We had to get into these tiny row boats to get into the grotto. The guy rowing the boat took us up to the side of the cliff where this tiny hole is, so tiny it looks like there is no physical way that our boat is getting through it. He turned around smiling and said "ok lay flat everyone!" so we quickly lay down, the water goes down for a split second, he pushed the boat and lays on top of us and we go shooting through the hole in the side of the cliff!

It was crazy but inside was so beautiful. The water is NEON BLUE. This picture doesn't do it justice at all but it was such a pretty color.


This is at the blue grotto on the island.
This is the beach we ended up swimming and went rock diving by.
Capri is my favorite place in Italy so far. It is the only place I have been too that doesn't feel like a city and is very open. It's also a popular spot for celebrities (we saw Jessica Simpson) but honestly I was more excited about the rock beach that felt like a spa rock treatment and the clear water.
At the end of the day we got back on the boat and it drove around the Island which is gorgeous and all the Yachts (they were pretty too) including Elton Johns and Magic Johnson's.