Sorrento/Capri

The last of the weekend trips while my mom was in town was to Sorrento and Capri with Kathy, Ellen, Patty and my mom. I decided Thursday night that I was going to take the train from Rome-Naples and a train from Naples-Rome on Friday night after my lessons.

view from our hotel balcony 

My mom and friends met me at the train station when I got in and we walked around Sorrento and into some shops before heading to dinner. For dinner, we went to a place recommended by Rick Steve's, called, Inn Bufalito.  Buffalo mozzarella is most famous for coming from the south of Italy. The five of us shared an appetizer with grilled eggplant, pumpkin, swiss chard, tomatoes and bufala mozzarella...sooo good! Then, we all wanted the special which was a typical pasta from Sorrento with pumpkin and sausage, so we ordered "3" dishes of it, but they brought it in a big pot, which worked out perfect.

We stayed at the most beautiful hotel.  Many hotels close during the winter months because it gets quite cold and it's low tourist season. Our hotel room had a small balcony that overlooked the sea.  It was spectacular to wake up in the morning, walk out onto the balcony and listen to the water. Each afternoon, around 5 or 6, the hotel puts out wine, champagne, liquor, water and pop, as well as, small appetizers, free of charge for all guests. I must also mention the breakfast that this hotel offered.  They had everything! Eggs, sausage, meats, cheeses, yogurt, fruit, cereal, granola, toast, and pastries, pastries, pastries.

Mom, Kathy, Patty, me and Ellen

Saturday morning, we took the ferry to Capri.  The water was not very calm and it was high-tide causing the Blue Grotto to be closed this day. A tourguide on the ferry told us about the grotto and talked us into joining his tour of Anacapri (upper-Capri) and Capri. It was well-worth it because he took us on a bus up to Anacapri. We saw the Casa Rosso, St. Michele's Church with the coolest mural on the floor, the gardens and of course, beautiful views of the sea and blue grotto, from a distance. We also tasted limoncello and typical chocolates from Capri.  Sorrento is very famous for their lemons; they're known for limoncello for this reason.

floor mural at St. Michele

Sunday, we walked around the town of Sorrento for a couple hours before I had to get back on the train to Naples. There was even a parade that went through town with motorcycles and "old" cars.  It was very funny to watch because some of the cars were beautiful, old cars and others were total junkers from 15 years ago...definitely not worthy of being in a parade!!

blue grotto view from the top of the garden

This was a very fun, last-minute vacation.  I'd love to go back to Sorrento when it's warmer to enjoy the beautiful sea more and to go to Capri to see the blue grotto. 

sunset on boatride back to Sorrento from Capri