Coming down from Villa Jovis, we enjoyed the beautiful flowers along the way, stopped at a tiny church, and petted yet another friendly cat.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Then we were back in Capri Town, which is utterly gorgeous and charming. This is a definitely a “lifestyles of the rich and famous” kind of place. 

 

 

 

 

We had reservations for lunch at a wine bar next to the historic clock tower, Pullali. We had booked with them several weeks before, when they re-opened for the season. Our timing scored us the one and only table on their tiny balcony overlooking the piazza and the sea, which you can see from the photo at the top of this post.

 

This meal was, without a doubt, a perfect experience. The staff were lovely. The wine flowed. We started with a burrata so full of cream that it squirted when we cut into it (the squirt of cream actually went over the balcony railing and probably landed on someone below, who may have thought it was something less pleasant from an overhead bird). The fresh tomatoes were so flavorful, they made perfect accompaniment. 

Then we moved on to some beautiful pasta …

 

For dessert, we headed down to the piazza for a dessert at, appropriately enough, Bar Tiberius. We had the “Tiberio,” made with ice cream, whipped cream, and lady fingers (biscuits) soaked in limoncello. Absolutely delicious.

Our table gave us a perfect vantage point for some people watching.

 

We picked this little bar in honor of professor Diana Kleiner, who said she always stopped here when she was on Capri because she loved how history remained alive in places like this, named after an emperor who died around two thousand years ago. While Dr. Kleiner passed away recently, her legacy lives on in her wonderful Roman Architecture class (which I loved), which is available for free as part of Yale Open Courses.  And, that class prepared us to appreciate how ancient Rome’s legacy reaches far beyond Italy. More on that in our next post.

But it was time to get back to the ship. We hopped in another open-air taxi for a ride back to the port. We loved the ride up so much that we decided to do it one more time. You’ll understand why!