Touring Capri

February 17, 2015February 17, 2015 / Greg / 1 Comment

After a spectacular cruise around the Isle of Capri, we had the rest of the day to explore the island on foot. We took a bus from Marina Grande up to the town of Anacapri, about a ten minute ride away along cliff-hugging winding roads. The bus let us off in a public square beside Mount Solaro where we made our way over to the chair lift station and headed up the mountain. The ride up the side of Mount Solaro was a peaceful fifteen minute trip. The air was perfectly still and quiet and there were numerous interesting gardens and houses beneath you…

… and the sweeping vista of where the western end of the Isle of Capri met the Tyrrhenian Sea off to your right:

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Marina Grande

February 12, 2015 / Greg / Leave a comment

Favourite 2014 travel photos. Capri, Italy. October 2014.

A cruise around Capri

February 9, 2015 / Greg / 3 Comments

Of all of the places we were to visit on our fall trip to Italy, the Isle of Capri was the one I was most excited to see. We planned this as a day trip from our base in Sorrento and booked ferry tickets for an early morning trip over and the last boat back. We got our full day on the island started with a cruise around Capri, leaving from Marina Grande. This main arrival/departure point for the island was beautifully bathed in the muted light of an early morning just before the sun came up over the island’s rocky cliffs:

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Favourite travel experiences of 2014

January 1, 2015January 1, 2015 / Greg / 1 Comment

As each year draws to a close, I like to think back on my travels and distill down my favourite memories and experiences. It’s part simple reflection and an exercise in gratefulness for the past year. It also helps to plan future trips as I continue to learn about what makes me happy and what I cherish in experiences. As I was doing so this year, it became pretty evident that many of my favourite travel memories this year ended up revolving around food, wine and drink. In no particular order, here are my ten favourite travel related experiences from 2014:

1. Drinking on the roof of a church – And not just any church… I shared a couple of shots of liquor on top of St. Peter’s Bascilica in Rome with six German women. Better than the liquor were the laughs shared and the feeling of cheating a lightening bolt for such behaviour.