Amalfi

We were supposed to have lunch at a fancy beach club called Il Riccio, but decided at the last minute to take our captain’s suggestion and stop at Torre Saracena (http://www.torresaracenacapri.com/en/index) at the Marina Piccolo. This was the best decision we could have made. Both the scenery and the food were unreal. We enjoyed zucchini Parmesan, fresh raw mixed seafood, spaghetti vongole, and pasta with zucchini and fresh shrimp. After lunch, we took a nice hike up (everything is straight up and down here) to catch a lovely open-air taxi into the town of Capri. The town was crowded but lovely. A great mix of independent and luxury stores, with plenty of lemon sorbet everywhere you turn. Matt got a great pair of shoes at Ferragamo, so the physical pain we felt on the stairs was worth it. We also ran into Adam Leuger, which was fun! When we arrived back at the hotel, we spent about an hour chilling at the pool, because you really just cannot get enough of the water here. Headed back up to the room using the very cool external elevator (see video; lots of steps and elevators because the hotel is built into a cliff) and got ready for dinner. Tonight we ate at Al Mare, the more casual, but still very nice restaurant that the hotel. When we sat down they gave us each a menu— standard— but only Matt’s had prices on it 😹!! The food was wonderful— we had a calzone with ricotta, mozzarella and salami, a beautiful tuna tartare with preserved lemon, bottarga and fennel, spaghetti with lemon cream, fusilli nerano (zucchini and provolone), and grilled vegetables. We also ordered fried anchovies, though I’m not sure why Matt wanted this, seeing as he hates anchovies. It did not get eaten. Unfortunately, our lovely night was ruined by Donald Trump, as the conspiracy theorists next to us spent the whole night describing every scene in “2000 Mules” to their Australian dining companions and going on and on about how lock down and isolation caused more deaths from suicide than COVID caused. We cut the night short and headed back to the room. We’ll be in bed by 11, which is fine because we’ve been up until about 2am the last three nights!Read more