procida

Procida - Monday 3rd of June - 24407 steps

This Monday we walked to the port of Naples early in the morning to catch the boat to Procida at 9 am.

With the ferry from Caremar it was about a 40-minute boat ride to the island of Procida.

Upon arrival at the port we already saw the past-colored houses on the quay. Piece by piece in sweet and soft colors, like the flavors of Italian ice creams; pistacchio, fragola, banana, mirtillo, ciliegia, vaniglia, limone, mango, panna cotta...

The residents of Procida were still slowly starting up and we had an espresso con dolce on the terrace.

From the 'Marina Grande' we walked to Marina Corricella, a small fishing village where some fishing boats are floating in the water. And the tiny houses here are even more beautiful and colorful. Balconies full of laundry and staircases in beautiful round shapes, a characteristic architecture for the island.

We had lunch on the quay at Ristorante Il Pescatore, with organic, local and straight-from-the-sea ingredients. The waiter named Paradise, recommended the chef's specialty, insalata di limoni as a starter. So we first had the unforgettable “Lemon Salad”. Served in the tradition of Procida: large local 'bread' lemons, cut into strips and a very delicate seasoning.

Henk had pasta Fetuccine con Alici and I had mussels Impetpata di Cozze. Heavenly food, heavenly place.

After lunch we walked up a steep staircase to the highest point, from where an even more beautiful view, it's getting better and better today.

After lots of photography and an overdose of eye candy, we went to the small beach in the afternoon to recover from all bellezza.

While waiting for the boat, we had another drink and an ice cream. Sailing back to Napoli while snoozing on the boat on the return trip and thereafter we walked straight through Naples back to our house in Posillipo, which is an hour's walk.

In the evening we decide to eat nearby, because we don't feel like walking all that way back and end up at N'ata Cosa Mergellina. We agree, this is the best pizza in a long time. Naples and pizza, you simply can't go wrong.

get in before it's gone

New striped beanie on E T S Y!

It's handmade and a unique piece, so get is before it's gone. I love the cool color scheme of this one.

You can find the ready made striped beanie and the crochet pattern the make it yourself.

Crochet really gets me through the lockdown...

Another advantage, you can make this hat from scraps of wool, so you don't have to leave the house to buy new wool.

creating a color story entrance - hallway wall painting

Yesterday while wearing my sunday dress but not having any plans for the day yet, I decided to make a wallpainting in the hallway out of the blue.

Impulsive projects are often the best...

So I just started using tray the pots with paint from previous projects.

We had already removed the scrap wood wall a while ago, to give the hallway a freshening up.

At the end of the day I only had a few more colors to go... But I had enough of it and it was getting too dark anyway, so I decided to clean the paint brushes and finish the hallway wallpainting tomorrow.

After breakfast I went on with the wallpainting and now I only have to paint the final block, but the original wall color goes actually beautiful with the rest.

I will sleep on it for another night, for I think I might consider the wallpainting 'unfinished' otherwise.

The other walls have to be repainted anyway, because of stains and minor damage. So if I use a different color for the other walls, the gray area at the bottom might seems a 'new' color in the end.

Making a fresh colorful entrance was super fun to do and now I truly hope we can welcome our friends and family soon!