Ah yes…another rainy day.
We woke to cloudy skies but still did our laundry; Mary hung her things
on the rack on the small balcony. By
eight o’clock the rain started and we moved the laundry inside. It would stop occasionally but continued
until noon. I finished my laundry and
we had wet clothes hanging everywhere.
It’s still drying as I write this more than twelve hours later! Some of the rain came down in torrents; we
had some lightning and thunder but not much.
We overlook the Marina and we were kept busy during the storms watching
the hundreds of tourists that arrive to catch their boats to go to Capri for
the day. Not a good day to do that but
if you have only one day and/or on a tour; not much choice.
Across from our window we could see stone stairs leading
down from the road; it became our own personal waterfall, rivaling Mother
Nature’s best. We had lots of fun
filming the crazy people with their umbrellas.
So glad we had the choice not to be one of them.
About noon the weather started to clear; still many clouds
all day, never sure if it would start again or not. We had worked on yesterday’s photos and blog
all morning so we were prepared for our wifi time. Packed up the computers in plastic just in
case we got caught in a sudden downpour and walked around the block to the
B&B named: 73 Marinapiccola
Settantatre.
They do the property
management for our apartment and we were given the password to use their
Internet system. We enjoyed ninety
minutes of wifi while sitting in their beautiful lobby with views of Mt.
Vesuvio; the volcano that covered Pompeii so many years ago. And the Bay of Naples with a view of Naples
as tiny dots on the horizon.
Soon we put away our toys and headed for the bus to go up to
the top and do our grocery shopping.
Afterwards we met Bonnie and Jane at the coffee shop in Piazza Tasso
where they were just finishing their late lunch. Spent about half an hour there and then they
walked down to the apartment with us.
Jane had not seen the inside yet.
They’ve agreed to have dinner with us one night.
After they left to spend the rest of the afternoon exploring
the back streets of Sorrento; it was already after four o’clock; we sat for a
while and enjoyed CNN on the television that had finally decided to work! Maybe we just touched the right buttons with
Jane’s help! But it was nice to catch
up on the USA news especially with the government shutdown updates.
We enjoyed a late dinner from our grocery shopping after I
walked back to the beach below the B&B and was able to get Skype to work
for calling home and talking to Jim.
I’d been trying all day with no luck so it was good to get such a good
connection that lasted for quite a while without cutting off.
It was a good day; expecting more rain tomorrow; then
possibly a dry day on Thursday. We’ve
enjoyed the rest day and actually wouldn’t mind one more. Hope you enjoy the slideshow:
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