Sunday... Travel Day

Sunday was an eventful day. I woke up at 8:30 am and evidently made a lot of noise I woke up Ally and that's not a pleasant thing to do. Once we got past being angry with each other (her for me being insensitive to her sleep, and me mad at her for being such a sensitive whiner when she's awakened), we set off on our journey to Capri. The route was this: Train from Lucca to Florence, transfer then train from Florence to Rome, then transfer train from Rome to Naples, then transfer train from Naples to Sorrento, then Taxi from Sorrento to Sorrento Ferry, then Ferry from Sorrento to Capri, then Bus from Capri ferry to Anacapri town, then be picked up by the guy who runs the B&B we were staying at. We don't know his name, Ally calls him big junk. It seems upon meeting him she was a bit alarmed by how close he got to her. I don't know???

The whole trip was SO much easier than our trip on the first day. We knew where to go, what to do and the suitcases didn't seem so heavy. That is until we got to Naples. Naples is the big city just south of Rome and it is a pit of filth and crime. Never, ever travel to Naples even if you win the trip on a game show. There is nothing I have ever seen that is as scary or horrifying as Naples. I expected dirty and crime ridden, but what we saw was basically 1970's South Bronx for about 80 miles.
Here is a photo of the train we took from Naples to Sorrento

Outside of train

Inside of train

The photo's don;t do it justice. It was truly scary. For 20 minutes or so we had two italian punks jamming pliars into the door safety mechanism trying to short out the train or do something bad maybe 5 feet from us. I swear I was so ready to throw Ally to the side and jam those pliars into their necks that I really did come to terms with the homicidal psychopath that most people know lives somewhere inside of me. It was very weird.

When we finally got to sorrento at about 5PM it was truly beautiful, we are staying there for 2 nights later in the week, it is a small city on a cliff face overlooking the Mediterranean Sea. Possibly the most beautiful place we had ever seen. We hopped a taxi from there to the ferry termiinal and headed to Capri. Arriving in Capri about 6:30 PM.

Capri is something that cannot be explained, our B&B had a view that was beyond words. We were so tired from traveling that we didn't get much done on Sunday night, but it was well worth the trip. Details on Capri on the Monday posting.

Patio at our bed & breakfast. This is where we would eat breakfast if we ever woke up before noon!

View from our room.

Ally with the Mediterranean Sea behind her.