Capri

Early in the morning, we all woke up and packed up our stuff to head off to the island of Capri. We ate a delicious breakfast at the hotel and then walked down to the ferry. The water there is so beautiful and so is the town. We got on a huge ferry and though we felt like herded cattle we enjoyed the beautiful view from the boat of all the water, boats, the islands, and the sun just glowing on the water.

The time flew by and in no time we were pulling up to the most beautiful island I've ever been to. It was tall and all sorts of buildings were built into the sides of the mountain and I've never seen so many nice boats. After being a waterfront intern for a summer, those boats got me very excited and I just wanted to drive all of them. But we got off the ferry and soon as a group jumped on another small boat for a tour around the island. It was so much fun and the island was so gorgeous, I could never describe it well enough and pictures do not do it justice.

As we came around the island we stopped at what is known as the "blue cove" aka the coolest thing I've ever seen. We pulled up and there were a ton of other groups waiting for a turn. Basically all these trained experts had these tiny boats that held four and they were going to row us under the cavetop and into this tiny cave with the prettiest blue water you can find. Literally the hole was about 3 feet when the tide was down so they had to time it so you go in right as the wave goes down. It's very dangerous but very very worth it. After waiting for what seemed like forever and watching an interesting group of chinese tourists dance around on their boat, Britni, Kaitlyn, myself, and Luca's nephew got onto a boat and made our way over to the entrace. We had to lay flat while we went in so we wouldn't hit our heads. I was extremely nervous but once we got in there, it was spectacular. All I could keep saying was "oh my gosh, oh my gosh, it's so pretty it's so pretty". I couldn't get enough of it. It almost didn't seem real. I wanted to jump in so badly but our rower was not a very nice man and didn't let us unless we paid him 10 euro. Nonetheless the experience was awesome and we then set off for the rest of the tour around the island.

The whole area was just stunning and I could try to explain it but it's one of those places you can't compare to anywhere else and just have to experience on your own. So once the tour was over, we had time to wander around the island. The group of us from dinner immediately went to the beach and for the first time in my life I got to swim in the ocean. There was no sand just rocks and as soon as I jumped in, the taste and the burn of the salt shocked me. But it was the clearest and bluest water I've ever seen. After working on a lake all summer, this was a totally new experience. I loved it, I could see the bottom and it was just endless. We got out as soon as we heard there was a group of jellyfish swimming around which was new to me, I'm used to lakefish but still exciting. We laid on the rocks and then we had to leave sadly to head home. The trip home was very long and we experienced some rude italian women at a food stop but the trip was well worth it. If I ever could afford it, I'd be back at Capri in no time.