This morning was another lazy morning, as check out as at 11am and we weren’t in any rush. We meandered down for our Italian breakfast just before 10am (cheese, salami, ham, yoghurt and a selection of croissant) and we were out the door an hour later, off to grab the chairlift up the moment. This was very cool if not just a little bit disconcerting – up we went in our little chairs, up the steep incline with fabulous views behind us.
Up the top was something special, with sweeping views of the whole island. We grabbed a few drinks, including a crushed lemon icy thing, and sat at a table, reading and enjoying the view. Eventually, back down again for a quick walk around Anacapri before heading back down to port. With our free hotel transfer and luck with boat times this only took 15 minutes – so much better than our epic journey yesterday!
The boat ride over to Sorrento was quick and after a short walk we were in our ‘deluxe hostel’ (= basically a hotel). Air conditioned and quiet, I will happily spend two nights here! After a quick freshening up we went for a wander – I like this town with its poky streets, lemon products everywhere (Limoncello came from here) and its impressive cliffs and ocean views. The typical Italian rows of beach chairs are also fun to look at and make the coastline very colourful!
When Andy last stayed here he ate at his ‘favourite restaurant ever’ so we had previously attempted to make a booking. Unfortunately the hotel told us the place was ‘closed for a wedding’ – this made Andy sad. We decided in the end to just walk down and see what we could find – what we found was Andy’s restaurant nice and empty and accepting people! A miscommunication must have happened somewhere!
What followed was about four hours of sitting, eating, drinking and enjoying the view. I can certainly see why Andy likes this place so much – I had ham & melon, followed by super soft gnocchi and then the best chocolatey gooey profiteroles I’ve ever had. Plus a lot of wine. A lot of wine. AND limoncello – Andy doesn’t like this so much, but I certainly do…. more for me!! Over the night we went from day to dusk to sunset to night – with perfect twinkling lights from Naples across the bay. I had a another slightly tipsy happy moment… I can’t wait to do this again tomorrow!
Back to the hostel by 11.30ish – tomorrow we explore the Amalfi coast!
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