iPhone Panoramic picture from Capri Island – after a 1h hour very pleasant evening walk.
First time in Italy for Chiara and Olivier. They could not really believe a country where you could eat pizza, pasta and ice cream all day long under a sunny sky could exist. So they asked us pretty much every day before we got there. We did not want to bring any sort of deception so they realized such a diet (for one week only obviously) was possible – and we have all been blown away by the rest.
Our first stop for two nights was the Island of Capri – a photographer paradise and no car which is really appreciated. A few walks, a boat tour, a memorable and scary cliff jumping session and it was time to go already.
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- Marina Grande, or more simply the harbour of Capri – where our hotel was. Picturesque and very busy with tourists.
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- Our room was yellow, the bathroom was super yellow – so much Olivier and Chiara wanted a picture in it.
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- Stairs climbing was the flavor of the day.
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- Nice walk in Capri city chasing lizards and finding secret passages – I took this picture from above, as always one out of two is picture conscious …
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- The entrance to the grotto is very tight – and it’s organise Italian-style, who shout the most gets first. Chiara witnessed an argument between captain – and she realised their parents fights was soft in comparison.
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- Inside the blue grotto. It’s blue, very touristy and very expensive per minute inside.
Food. We only stayed one week in Italy but we could have made a whole book about it. Needless to say we took a few KG but had a blast, Chiara confirmed this was the best country in the world for food. This is likely an over-reaction but they loved it. They averages one pizza, one pasta and one ice-creams per day. Obviously some days were specials, two ice-creams were not uncommon.
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- This is a pizza Margherita from the Napoli region. You can check in Chiara’s eyes, this is special, very special.
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- Good tomatoes, good cheese and tasty Olive oil – my evening meal ready to enjoy the next day morning run.
View from our room in the Amalfi Cost. Luckily they had both stairs and lift to get down to the beach.
The next step was a few days on the coast Amalfi – close to Praiano. A very picturesque coastline with steep cliffs, narrow roads and very challenging driving conditions. It was difficult to stop to take pictures, town centers and pretty much only accessible by bus and getting down to the sea is usually privatized by hotels or restaurants. However it is stunning with those houses built on cliffs for kilometers.
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- Villa Rufolo – very picturesque, photographer paradise. Drones forbidden !
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- Rare enough family picture, with the camera laying down on the floor (Can’t trust anyone ;-))
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- One of Ravello’s house gated entrance.
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- Olivier is continuing making efforts to pause – her sister following him this time.
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- This is the stairs going down to the sea from our hotel. The view was phenomenal – only two our us ever tried to climb them – guess who ?
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- One of the very pretty restaurant of Ravello, with the view and the Oliviers.
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- Ravello’s town center. Not sure if they put this on purpose. Nature morte.
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- Chiara and JP’s snorkeling finishing on a rock – amazing experience for Chiara who is more and more comfortable in the sea.
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- Olivier pointing at the dog’s warning sign – he had seen a larger representation in Pompei the day before and he will bring one back to put on his bedroom door.
Now we are coming to the main purpose of our trip – Pompei and the Vesuvio. We kept it for the end of the trip as a highlight and make sure we build up the expectation ! We had an amazing time, it was way too short. We knew Italy was a kids-friendly destination and that has been confirmed. Buona Notte.
In Vulcano Solfatara – bad smell, smoke and various examples and volcanic activities.
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- Pompei. We had a funny french-speaking guide who has been aggressed by questions from Chiara and Olivier for all the tour. Difficult to find a street without tourists, here is the best attempt.
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- Chiara using the zebra-crossing as they were two thousands years ago.
Gulf of Naples seen from the top of the Vesuvio !