Rest of Day 2 and On the Way to Capri...

I honestly had never heard of Sorrento, Italy before actually going there.  If I did, I didn't understand what it actually looked like.  We were warned before actually getting there that it might be difficult to get our luggage to the hotel, because the bus couldn't physically drive to it (this makes perfect sense when you actually see why).  We were told several different things, but finally we were able to pull to the side and get our luggage to take with us.  This involved walking straight down a hilly road, which was mostly a tunnel built into the mountain.  As we walked down the hill, our hotel was right in front of us.  We had to akwardly stand in the road for a long period of time to get the rooms situated, I am assuming.  Either way, it was quite scary having to stand in the curve of a road where you can't actually see what vehicle is coming out of the tunnel.

Once inside, we were told that both air conditioning and wi-fi cost money.  Thankfully I didn't pay for the internet before getting to my room, because hall mates warned me that it doesn't actually work in the room, but only in the lobby.  Gee, thanks.  My roommate, Nancy, so graciously paid the $5 euros it cost to get air in our room.  Now, the room itself was lovely.  It was a modern design and led out into a corner view of the cove where we were staying.  

Here is the view if you were standing on our balcony looking forward

The view out of the corner of our balcony.  Look at those caves!

The sand was black and we were sternly warned not to take the hotel towels down to the beach (rightly so)

The view of our hotel from the beach.  If you look up to the balconies on the left, we were in the one on the very top on the corner.  A sweet view indeed!

The beach.  It great finding sea glass to use for jewelry and art projects!

This was the tunnel you had to go through to go from the hotel down to the beach

More photos of our surroundings...

This was the hotel key in Sorrento.  It was made of lacquered wood.  The one thing that becomes the most expensive in Europe is finding a Coke to drink.  Granted there is not much variety, but a regular Coke is just what you need at the beginning and end of the day.  I did have a wonderful glass of local wine in their bar downstairs. 

The next morning, we gathered our things to rush over to catch the ferry to the Isle of Capri.  We were rushed so badly down these old, steep, scary stairs over to the port to end up having to sit and wait for ages on the ferry.  By this time, most of us were pretty tired of rushing and waiting.  I got some great photos from the port while we waited...

This is what the inside of the ship looked like.  It REALLY made me feel nauseous, but I learned a trick from Stack about staring at the horizon when feeling sick.  Definitely noted. 

Next entry focuses on our incredible day in Capri!