Capri

The following morning we had planned on taking the ferry to Capri for the night, however we first needed to find a dentist to get Kelly fixed and camera ready. Although we had seen three dentist offices in Positano, none of them apparently work on Thursdays. We did find a dentist in Sorrento that could see Kelly that afternoon. While Kelly was working out the dentist situation I made friends with a Londoner (who we fondly referred to as “Mugby”) who had spent four nights in the same hotel as us and was previously in Naples which he absolutely loved (although I am not sure why based on what I had heard, read and seen).

Based on the ferry schedules, our luggage and timing, we took the ferry to Capri to check into the hotel and were then planning on taking another ferry to Sorrento. Thankfully upon arrival in Capri and talking with a pharmacist, we located a dentist on Capri who could see Kelly that afternoon. His name was Dr. Mercato and all we had was a phone number and the fact that he was located in Ana Capri just up the hill from our hotel.

Those were just minor details though, as it appeared the entire island knew Dr. Mercato. We set off up the hill to Capri to explore and then off to Anacapri for the dentist. We had to ask about 5 different people for directions to his office (which again, we didn’t have an address, just a name) but they all smiled, exclaimed “Ah! Dr. Mercato! Of course, he is just down that way”. His office was located on a small beautiful pedestrian street with trees lining both sides so densely that the sun barely shone. We buzzed the office from the front gate and were let into a beautiful traditional Italian estate (or least what I would imagine a traditional Italian estate to look like).
While I didn’t get to see the inside of the main house, the office, was rather nice and although Kelly had to loose a tooth I was happy to actually see a home in Italy.

Dr. Mercato was able to fix Kelly up in 20 minutes, no paper work and for 30 Euros. Italy’s health care at its finest.