We woke up around 8 AM and had a wonderful breakfast at the hotel. One of the owners manages the breakfast and as we walked in, he asked us what kind of coffee we would like. He made us a fresh pot with some steamed milk - absolutely delicious. It was great service for a free breakfast! We decided to go to Capri for day six. In the summer, this is much easier since the ferries leave directly from Positano. However, in low tourist season, we had to take the bus to Sorrento and get the ferry there. Below is a view looking back at Positano from the bus stop.
The bus to Sorrento was easy, but once there, we had no idea where the ferry left from or which direction the port was. The people at the bus stop were very non-descript, but we started off in the direction they pointed. We stumbled upon a street festival and discovered that Sorrento celebrates the Festival de San Valentino (aka, Valentine's Day). There were the traditional festival booths (i.e. games, food, and clothes/fashion items), but there were also vendors selling pots & pans, lightbulbs, and other assorted household items. It was very eclectic and strange. Finally, after wandering around for 15 minutes, I asked an old women standing outside her shop for directions. She was very friendly and pointed us to some steps that led to the port.
We had about an hour to kill before the ferry so we wandered around the port and took some pictures. The sun was just climbing over the cliffs and it looked beautiful shining on the water. We grabbed a cup of Cafe Americana from the cafe - Cody's birthday coffee.
As we walked around the port, we realized there were cats everywhere! We must have seen 7-8 cats in a 10ft area. We found a bench in the sunlight and took a park nap before the ferry.
Unfortunately, we arrived in Capri about 11:30, and the ferries back left at 1:30 or 6:30. We decided to try to make the 1:30, since 6:30 would get us back to Positano very late, so we only had 2 hours in Capri. When we got off the ferry, we immediately hopped on a bus that took us to AniCapri, one of the small towns in the hills.
We wandered down the only street in the town and stumbled upon a local wedding. There was a crowd of about 50 people throwing confetti and sounding air horns. It was really cool to see.
We stopped and had a quick bite to eat at a cafe with some of the wedding guests and then went to wait for the bus back to the ferry. We had to wait for about 30 minutes and barely made the ferry - we had to sprint to the ferry when the bus dropped us off. However, we did get a great photo of the main port in Capri from the bus.
When we got back to Sorrento, we took a leisurely stroll back to the bus stop. Below is a picture of the water - one of the most amazing thing about the Amalfi Coast (at least to me) was how clear the water was.
We got back to Positano by about 4 PM and took a nap before dinner. For dinner, we walked down to the beach and surprise!, we had two restaurants to choose from. We went to Chez Black, next door to the one we ate lunch at the day before. We wanted to try someplace new. However, the food was not good. Cody ordered the local lobster - it was the first time had lobster, and unfortunately the local fair was very small. I taught him how to get every inch of meat out of the shell, and in true Cody-fashion, he looked funny doing it.
After dinner, we made friends with an Australian couple who ate at the same restaurant as us for two nights in a row (pure coincidence). We chatted with them for a little while - they were in Italy on a cooking tour, which sounded like a lot of fun. We think Cody's dad may be taking a class with them in Florence next week...we told him to look out for them.
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