Capri at the sea

As I sit here in our lovely hotel, drinking my lovely bottle of wine, and eating my lovely salami and pesto bun, I am contemplating what to write. We weren't sure what we were going to do today because the weather wasn't supposed to be good. We thought about our day at breakfast and decided to stick to our plan and go to the island of Capri. Our stick-to-itiveness paid off because it was a gorgeous day. First thing to do was to walk down the 392 steps (a tiny over exaggeration - there isn't a shortage of stairs in Italy) to get to the various boats that would take us to Capri. The boat was late. Oh, gee! Where has that happened before??? Finally, it's here. It wasn't too long of a ride to Capri, and less than a minute after we got off the boat, Alfonso approached us to take us for a private boat ride around the island. He promised to show us a good time, and boy did he ever. He has been doing this all of his life - he is from Capri, so he knew where to take us. We saw cave after cave and the green grotto. We didn't get to see the famous Blue Grotto because the sea was too rough and the cave opening is to small, but he showed us another grotto that was the same. The only difference - a larger opening to the cave... Sounds good to me. We don't need the blue grotto. It's full of tourists anyway. Absolutely beautiful is the only description I can use for this. The water is so blue and the sun shining on the water is radiant. We saw a statue of Mary that was formed from stalagmites. Alfonso even knew where to take me to pee. They left me on a rock to pee, but no worries, they came back for me. Arrigo took pictures from afar. We continued our boat ride around the island. There were a lot of homes and hotels built on the cliffs... talk about a room with a view. Our boat ride came to an end. We paid Alfonso and gave him a good tip. He deserved it. Next stop - Anacapri. We took a hair raising bus trip up the hill to the chair lift that would take us to the top of Anacapri. The first thing I bought up there was some sunglasses because I forgot mine. I now look like I belong in Italy. It only took three weeks! I now know why they have short and narrow buses - they need to do hair pin turns and go around tiny roundabouts. The buses in St. Albert simply couldn't do that. The views were spectacular and the water - so blue and clear. We got a ton of pictures. One direction - islands upon islands, and the other side - wide open Mediterranean Sea. The cliffs were straight down, but it made the views grand. We took the chair lift down to the town of Anacapri. We walked around this charming town and stopped to eat. We could have shared a pizza because they were big enough. We are doughed out though. We then made our way back to catch the bus back to the Capri marina to go back to Sorrento. We stopped in the grocery store in Sorrento to buy some juice, fruit, salami, buns, and pesto sauce to make sandwiches. By the time we finished buying groceries, it was pouring. Good thing we brought our umbrellas. We just wanted to relax after a long day in Capri. On the agenda tomorrow - Pompeii.