On a boat on the Mediterranean traveling around the island of Capri, Italy
Yeah, that works.
Talk about feeling as if I had room to stretch out! Water as far as you can see one way and gigantic rock cliffs on the other. No wonder Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis loved Capri so much. You do feel as if the world is still young and ready for whatever comes next.
In our case, it was a flooded engine. We are rocking around in the current and looking at each other. I start telling Beck (two Amys on the first trip forced us to use last names as nicknames) about that scuba diving movie when the two divers were eaten by sharks and her face gets more and more worried (the coast guard was about 300 meters away from us on their own boat) until another tourist boat came up and tied on and hauled us into port. We enjoyed taking pictures of them as they took pictures of us. It was a grand adventure!
But then we climbed the 1,000 steps up the side of Capri to the town above and we quickly began to feel slightly claustrophobic. It wasn’t wide, open stairs, but tight turns with winding steps. We often had to pause at the side of the staircase to let legions of French schoolchildren pass by. But at the top, at the top, the view opened wide again and we realized just why folks love the Amalfi coast. It is quite mesmerizing, the views out on this corner of the Mediterreanean. We clicked picture after picture and then were quickly distracted by the Prada store.
One thing I learned from this trip was that the world is huge. There is so much to see! I’ve now seen 13 countries in my lifetime. It seems pitiful. I have a lot more traveling to do. I just need a corporate sponsor or two.
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What a adventure Trish, but you speak Italian?
I tried to learn a few things, but as soon as I opened my mouth, Spanish and German came out! I kept telling Italians dos for two, but two is tua. They were very gracious to this dumb American. And then I said Danke schoen so many times! And then we were in the Balkan countries and I kept saying grazi to non-Italians. And then back to the states and now I say Ciao. LOL!
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