Have you ever imagined a small seaside village in Italy? Positano is that picturesque seaside Italian town. If you plan a trip to the Amalfi coast, I’d highly recommend this as your home base. We spent five nights there with my Mom and Jim and had a great time.
On the ferry to Positano.
It was extra special to enjoy such a spectacular location with my Mom. In 2006 we had the opportunity to explore Stockholm and Copenhagen together, and then in 2012 Portugal. This was another special trip that did not disappoint! Experiencing new places is even more special with people you love. We had a lot of laughs and great food. The weather was cosi-cosi (that’s Italian for so-so) so during our downtime we had fun shopping and playing cribbage. You may have noticed that our cribbage tracker hasn’t been updated in awhile and that’s because Jake and I were busy trying to take down my Mom and Jim in partner cribbage. The score ended evenly at 3-3. I know that my Mom and Jim wouldn't agree that it was “even” though. As a matter of fact, to quote my Mother, “We might be tied, but we're not equal”. This is because they skunked us twice and when Jake and I play, we don’t count skunks as two games. Anywho, it was very fun to play with them. Overall, there isn’t much to do in Positano except enjoy the view, eat and shop. The beach is ok, not great. We did enjoy a few hours laying on the beach and had a great lunch right on the water.
The view from our apartment in Positano. My Mom kept saying how she has never stayed at a place with a view as nice as this!
On our last day, we had great sunny weather and took a boat ride to Capri. The views from the water were amazing. The water was incredibly blue and we had the opportunity to jump off of the boat and swim. It wasn’t that hot out and the guide on the boat kept saying that the penguins were out….so out of 30 people on the boat, only me, my Mom, Jake and three men who had just done the Barcelona Ironman jumped in. I’m pretty proud of my Mom considering this is a woman who won’t go into the water at York Beach when it’s 90 degrees outside!
On the boat to Capri.
I’m happy that we went to Capri but I don’t think I’d go again. It was a s*%t show! So many people and not enough transportation to get them from point A to point B. Once we arrived, we had four hours of free time on the island. We waited about 20 minutes for a taxi and it cost $30 Euros for the four of us to take a 15 minute ride to Anacapri. From there we rode a chair lift to the highest point of the island and had some pretty amazing views. While on the chairlift we saw grapes, olives, figs, squash, lemons, peaches, hazelnuts and kiwi all growing on trees/vines. I continue to be amazed at how much fruit we are seeing growing on this trip! We ate lunch at the top and enjoyed the incredible views. After taking the chairlift back down we had to immediately get in line for the bus in order go get back to the port in time. After waiting about 30 minutes for the bus, we decided to move to the taxi line and share a cab with another couple. We got back in time but as you can see - we basically spent our time on Capri waiting in line!!! I’m still happy we went…but if I were you - I’d enjoy our pictures instead of using your own time to get there…and do something else instead! Speaking of pictures....we are behind with posting them and will catch up with that over the next few weeks. I'd like to post some nice pictures with me, my Mom and Jim actually in them but they are still on the camera and with Jake in Budapest!
View from the taxi on the way to Anacapri