From the rainy Amalfi Coast I landed late last week in snowy Nebraska. I did at first feel a bit "walled about with drifts of snow," and was reminded of Longfellow's poem about Amalfi. But the wintry white landscape is beautiful and certainly different from what we see on the Amalfi Coast. When ...
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Amalfi, 18 February 1875
One hundred and thirty-five years ago today, the American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807- 1882) wrote a poem reminiscing about the beauty of Amalfi. I’ve shared bits and pieces of the poem here on Ciao Amalfi, but today is the perfect day to share the entire poem. ...
Buon San Valentino!
On my most recent walk, I happened across this little heart-shaped leaf lying on the stone steps just below Pontone. With San Valentino just around the corner, I just had to snap a picture. Wishing you all a day full of love! ...
Shhh… the lemons are sleeping
As the snow is falling in Rome and much of northern Italy, we woke up to few traces of snow around the garden and white tops on the mountain peaks along the Amalfi Coast. If it had been just a few degrees colder, we would have woken up to discover a winter wonderland outside! ...
The two-headed cat . . .
. . . or, how to stay warm on the Amalfi Coast in the winter. ...
Blogging from the Boot Winner!!
Thanks to all of your votes over the past week, this morning I am happy to announce that my post, Every Sunday Evening, was selected as the winner for the Buon Viaggio category in the Blogging from the Boot contest. You can find out all the winners here on the ...
Ciao Amalfi is a Blogging from the Boot Finalist!
I was so exciting to learn yesterday that my post titled Every Sunday Evening that I wrote last August about the weekly bocce games near my house was selected as a finalist in the Blogging from the Boot contest. This contest has been co-hosted by the lovely ladies Cherrye at My ...