The forecast the day before we left for Positano was
actually comical. Rain. Every.Single.Day. The forecast for Amsterdam? 75 and
sunny every day. Would you believe it? I mean, since when does gloomy Amsterdam
have a better forecast than southern Italy?! For a nanosecond I seriously
considered booking us a different vacation – I so didn’t want to spend six days
in the rain! But we decided to stick it out since the forecast had been
so temperamental –changing from sun to rain from hour to hour. Luckily for us we
had gorgeous weather… Well, all but one day. And it happened to be the one day
we were on a boat. Oops.
We started our journey to Capri in cloudy, chilly
weather. We were able to see all the grottos before it started to pour. From
that point on it was a serious torrential downpour the entire time we were on the
island. I was not dressed for a storm and was freezing and wet and
uncomfortable. Instead of exploring we
opted for a 3 hour lunch instead, then took the first available boat back to
Positano. So yeah, we definitely need to go back someday and explore Capri, but
we were just happy to have part of the journey be dry and to be able to see the
famous Blue Grotto :)
A few things that were super fun and unexpected on our boat trip.. Jelly fish! There was one grotto that was FULL of jelly fish - it was so crazy! I had never seen so many in my life. They were a lot smaller than I imagined, and absolutely beautiful. It was thrilling to be so close to them, but safe in our boat! Also, I had no idea you had to get off your boat and get into smaller row boats to actually see the Blue Grotto (and wait in line with a bunch of other boats!). The entrance is so small, you have to duck down into your boat, almost laying flat. Once you get in it's a rush of darkness and you see nothing but black. Then you turn around and you see it.. That incredible blue water. It truly looks fake, but that is the natural color of the water! There's some kind of science behind why it is so bright blue. I'm not sure about all that, but what I do know is that it was really gorgeous. I purposefully didn't enhance the photos at all. That is the real color! I highly recommend you check them out if you ever find yourself on the Amalfi Coast.
{Photos © Liz Denfeld}
A few things that were super fun and unexpected on our boat trip.. Jelly fish! There was one grotto that was FULL of jelly fish - it was so crazy! I had never seen so many in my life. They were a lot smaller than I imagined, and absolutely beautiful. It was thrilling to be so close to them, but safe in our boat! Also, I had no idea you had to get off your boat and get into smaller row boats to actually see the Blue Grotto (and wait in line with a bunch of other boats!). The entrance is so small, you have to duck down into your boat, almost laying flat. Once you get in it's a rush of darkness and you see nothing but black. Then you turn around and you see it.. That incredible blue water. It truly looks fake, but that is the natural color of the water! There's some kind of science behind why it is so bright blue. I'm not sure about all that, but what I do know is that it was really gorgeous. I purposefully didn't enhance the photos at all. That is the real color! I highly recommend you check them out if you ever find yourself on the Amalfi Coast.
