From: Piero on
Ken Blake ha scritto:

> It depends entirely on what you like. Not to try to talk you into
> anything, but I prefer Capri.

I'm Italian, but I was only once in Capri 29 years ago, in November,
daily...
In Ischia, never...
I say I would prefer Ischia because I like very much thermal springs and
SPAs...
The images of Capri I have in my mind, are images of a very (too) little
island.
I was there with a friend of mine, and my friend was scared to leave its
car in Naples, so we took it in Capri with us!!!
Never do so!!!
29 years ago only on off-peak season was possible.
Now I think is never possible...
All roads are too small for a normal car...
On our way back, an ambulance took our place on the ferry (Capri ferries
had room for ONE car only!), so we was rerouted on a different boat to
Sorrento.
Sorrento port has no car ramp, so we had to stay on ferry until next
stop (Castellamare di Stabia).
Surely my opinion is not totally impartial, but also surely NEVER go to
Capri with a car :-).

Ciao, Piero.
From: Ken Blake on
On Wed, 23 Sep 2009 02:04:53 +0200, Piero
<pippopappoNOSPAM(a)NOSPAMtedeschi.it> wrote:

> Ken Blake ha scritto:
>
> > It depends entirely on what you like. Not to try to talk you into
> > anything, but I prefer Capri.
>
> I'm Italian, but I was only once in Capri 29 years ago, in November,
> daily...
> In Ischia, never...
> I say I would prefer Ischia because I like very much thermal springs and
> SPAs...
> The images of Capri I have in my mind, are images of a very (too) little
> island.
> I was there with a friend of mine, and my friend was scared to leave its
> car in Naples, so we took it in Capri with us!!!
> Never do so!!!
> 29 years ago only on off-peak season was possible.
> Now I think is never possible...
> All roads are too small for a normal car...
> On our way back, an ambulance took our place on the ferry (Capri ferries
> had room for ONE car only!), so we was rerouted on a different boat to
> Sorrento.
> Sorrento port has no car ramp, so we had to stay on ferry until next
> stop (Castellamare di Stabia).
> Surely my opinion is not totally impartial, but also surely NEVER go to
> Capri with a car :-).


Capri is an island, and it's also a town on that island. Yes, you can
take your car to the island (you arrive on your ferry in the town of
Marina Grande), but you can *not* use it in the town of Capri on that
island, because there are almost no roads on which cars can go.

The parts of the island where cars can go (such as the town of
Anacapri), but are not in the town of Capri are, as far as I'm
concerned, of much less interest than the town of Capri.

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From: Giovanni Drogo on
On Tue, 22 Sep 2009, Piero wrote:

> Capri [...] Is very small,

Not SO small, and quite mountainous. I was there twice long ago, and
both times on a day trip from a place midway between Naples and Sorrento
(the firm my father worked for had an hotel for employees there), but
I'd wish to have spent more time there.

We weren't interested in seeing the touristy overcrowded centre of
Capri, and spending lot of time queueing up in a restaurant, so both
times we exploited the ferry and went on our own. One time pic-nicking
and the other having a quick lunch in a tavola calda.

Walking "long distance" (say climbing up to Capri from the Marina Grande
harbour, or going to Anacapri) is quite tiring (one can take the
funicular or the bus) because of the climb.

There are instead nice walks from Capri to the roman ruins of Villa
Iovis, and back along the coast (Matromania, Faraglioni).

We had too fast a glance at the countryside near Anacapri, but wished to
have had more time there.

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From: Runge17 on
Who could martin impress, lol !!!!

"Martin" <me(a)address.invalid> a �crit dans le message de
news:dsiib5d3f7hosecr8tr96dmmc4pvphqm3r(a)4ax.com...
> On Tue, 22 Sep 2009 23:06:46 +0100, d4g4h4(a)yahoo.co.uk (David Horne, _the_
> chancellor (*)) wrote:
>
>>Martin <me(a)address.invalid> wrote:
>>
>>> On Tue, 22 Sep 2009 20:22:36 +0100, d4g4h4(a)yahoo.co.uk (David Horne,
>>> _the_
>>> chancellor (*)) wrote:
>>>
>>> >Martin <me(a)address.invalid> wrote:
>>> >
>>> >> On Tue, 22 Sep 2009 09:59:07 +0100, Jack Campin - bogus address
>>> >> <bogus(a)purr.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >> >>> Is Naples now a good walking-around city? Worth a couple of
>>> >> >>> days?
>>> >> >> Don't buy anything: many fake goods!
>>> >> >
>>> >> >Some of us actually WANT to buy fake goods.
>>> >>
>>> >> Hurray for sanity.
>>> >
>>> >Buying any kind of cheap tat on holiday always seems insane to me. I
>>> >find it far more convenient to buy cheap clothes at home.
>>>
>>> I got better quality imitation Lacoste in Turkey for a fraction of the
>>> Dutch
>>> price.
>>
>>I'm not impressed by cheap imitation anything because I don't do brands.
>
> I'm not out to impress. Most clothes are branded whether we like it or
> not.
> --
>
> Martin
>

From: Andy Davidson on
tim..... wrote:
> "Jack Campin - bogus address" <bogus(a)purr.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
>> Some of us actually WANT to buy fake goods.
> But the Italian authorities don't like you to do so.
> Prepare yourself for a 5000 Euro fine if caught with them.
> (And yes I too think that they should target the sellers, not the buyers,
> but they have decide not to)

Targetting the buyers removes the market for counterfeit goods. So all
the sellers will starve - problem solved. :-)



Andy