The Amalfi Coast - Easter Saturday

The plan this day was to travel along the Amalfi Coast via a marine craft to the Isle of Capri, we knew the Island would be a Tourist over-run nightmare, so we decided to at least travel via the coast, taking in a few things along the way - we booked on a smaller craft, rather than a mighty overcrowded ferry.

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Our Craft below(slightly smaller than I had expected!)

and Skipper (no english at all, and we - no italian at all!)

11 of us boarded this craft, 3 german girls (who were getting off in Capri to stay for a couple of days), 3 young american couples and the Brig and I.

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Absolutely no "lifebelt info" - in fact where are they??? Our Skipper headed south first, we didn't know why - Isle of Capri was definitely north! The sun was shining, and the coastal towns were so picturesque.

Yes, there was a reason for going south - a "grotto"

A very colourful "turquoise" grotto.

Then we turned for the north!

Back past Atrani, the Amalfi

and one of Sophia Loren's abodes - house with the green shutters below.

Just amazed at the buildings on the side of cliffs,

So many centuries old!

We turn into Furore

Apparently kids dive off this bridge

on a Saturday morning!!

Passing Positano

Then we moved out across towards the Isle of Capri

The weather started to change

And of course there were many rock outcrops

that it was necessary for our young Italian skipper

to manoeuvre through!

The clouds were definitely taking over.

The Isle of Capri Lighthouse

We docked in Capri, we had 4 hours to explore - quite honestly it is an absolute zoo, just so many daytrippers like us - packed, and it wasn't even peak season. I didn't take one photo, we decided to find a nice Trattoria up in Anacapri, and sat and relaxed and watched the world rush by - probably took us an hour to get back down to the dock as well. The 3 young American couples, (2 couples on their honeymoon) and the other living at the USA Naval Base in Naples felt the same - to see anything you really need to stay in Capri after the maddening day crowd leaves - like the 3 german girls did.

Anyway, the weather was still a little suss, so we just got on board, hoped it didn't rain, (as we saw no potential cover protection on this craft), and then just talked and talked all the way back along the coast. We had a super time with this group, and by the time we got back to dock in Amalfi, we were a lot warmer,

AND the sun was shining, and the wind had blown elsewhere.

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Good Friday, we wandered along the coastal villages via bus, and saw 3 "Crusifix" pageants, including one at night in Amalfi, took some photos, but have decided to leave posting these.