I found the island of Capri to be a little too crowded for my taste. It may be because I am quite pessimistic when it comes to beach resorty tourist trap type places. I know it is easy to write off extremely crowded, overly kitchy, expensive places as 'tourist traps' but I can't help but slip Capri into that category. I was very very impressed with the outward beauty of the island and the views we got from the chairlift thing and the boat ride. I think maybe it was the fact that we spent the first two hours of our stay on the island at the top where there was nothing but chotchke shops and high couture shopping. My wallet and I were not really into that whole thing. It is easily relate able to the commodity fetishism we discuss in class. I also am immediately turned off when we are led around in tour groups and herded places on this trip. I don't know why I am wired to despise this but I can't help it. I did enjoy taking a dip in the Mediterranean ocean. The water was very salty but more refreshing than any amount of fanta I could ingest today.
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