This is the Day the Lord has made…Let us REJOICE and be GLAD in it!

Our view is amazing.  Woke up to a beautiful morning.  We went up to the pool for the breakfast, which was bread, some more bread, some rolls and even more rolls!  Oh, we did get coffee and hot chocolate!   After breakfast we walked down to the Marina Grand to rent a boat (with a captain) to cruise around Capri for the day.  We packed some sandwiches that we bought at the local market (more yummy bread!) and boarded our Gozzi boat.  Antonio was our captain and we were set.  The sight is amazing – Capri is BEAUTIFUL.  The seas were a bit rough on some sides of the island and the cokes that were in our back pack were getting tossed around.  We did not really realize this but when Catherine went to open a coke – it exploded and went everywhere.  Antonio was furious (it was an accident) but he grabbed the coke out of Catherine’s hands and threw it in the trashcan – then threw his hands up – ANGRY Italian!  (Don’t worry – be happy!)  He spoke very little English and Clark kept asking him questions – I think that was irritating him even more!  I just silently prayed for the man – seemed awfully uptight and angry.  Well, despite Antonio – we put our smiles on and had a wonderful day swimming,  having our picnic and boating around the island. 

Capri is beautiful but it is EXPENSIVE!  Every time you turn around you are spilling out Euros.  Another funny story – today – towards the end of our boat journey – Antonio brings us to the Blue Grotto – a cave that reflects the water and the color inside the cave is stunning.  Well, you have to get on a smaller boat (row boat) to get inside the cave to see the water.  All these rowboats are in this cove; they come up to your boat to see if you want the go.  The ‘main boat’ is a little bigger and has all the prices for the ‘trip’ into the Grotto on a sign – boat trip 4 Euros then Tax 6.5 Euros   We were adding this up in our heads and knew that we weren’t all going into the cave for a 30 second view for over 60 Euros.  So we decided that the girls would go and Clark reluctantly gave the rowboat man 50 Euros (ridiculous!)  Antonio and the boat guy were talking in Italian (I know it was about us) and seemed a little disgusted!  Oh well – we don’t know what we did wrong but it was not worth $71 US dollars!  When we came out of the cave (2 minutes later) the man took us back to the boat and he and Antonio spoke again (in Italian – about us!) and Antonio handed him a nice cold water bottle (not once during the day did he offer us a water bottle which was supposed to be included in our journey).  Oh well!  Don’t worry!  Be Happy!  J

It was a GREAT day!   I will keep praying for Antonio!