In Anacapri and Capri

I was meant to write a post on Capri but completely forgot.

So, just a few tips of things I remember.

Take a fast boat from Positano in the morning (there are plenty of boats in the Pier but do check schedules just in case). The boat is not a pleasant journey, and will be full of tourist eating sandwiches, being noisy, italians shouting at each other with their hand gestures and weird expressions that make me feel at home, in my case, but we managed to survive listening to music, and trying to meditate our "OMMM" (joke).

Once you arrive to Capri's pier you will not be in the well-known expensive area of the island, but probably on Marina Grande, which is not completely ugly, but is still not where you want to stay. So, again, go rent yourself a motorcycle. Now, if you are stuck with a girlfriend/boyfriend who carried a suitcase, or you yourself did, then I would suggest take a taxi to Anacapri and head to a one of the lovely hotels with swimming pools and tropical surroundings, and then get yourself a motorcycle there! Don't stay in Capri. It's foolishly expensive and full of rich wannabes and showoffs, and Anacapri I thought was a nicer place to stay.

Now, if you stay, as I recommend, in Anacapri you will be quite close to the Gruta Assura (Blue Grotto) and I definitely recommend you visit it. I thought it was an amazing experience, unforgettable, surreal and scary all at once, so it's on a special list.  As the adventurous couple we thought we were,  we decided to do it on our own, without paying the little man in the boat, so that means heading for the Grotto after 5 pm, when he is gone, and when the waves crash against the entrance and you feel you are going to drown inside. My boyfriend almost had a near to death experience, or so he claimed when in actual truth he just got scared and had to swim out as soon as he got in, hyperventilating as he also claims. Inside the cave, however, once you face the initial fear, it's as amazing as one could expect, almost as if UFOs have built Atlantis beneath and the blue/green, magical lights that are reflecting from beneath come from this ethereal city.

Another place to visit would be Marina Piccola. In essence the place is beautiful, with white sandy beach, pebbles as well, rocks to jump off, the whole lot of accessories a beach can have. The only problem is the people. Full of them, swimming around, shouting, jumping. There is probably a good time to go there and avoid the crowds but, we were not that fortunate.

So that's all folks. Can't remember restaurant names or our hotel, which by the way was cheap and again 'beautiful....'.