I don't think I'll ever tire of taking photographs of Amalfi's Duomo of Sant' Andrea. There's something so intriguing to me about the design and its situation at the top of the grand staircase watching over all the activity in the town's main piazza. While walking down the 62 steps a few weeks ago, ...
Archives for November 2010
Happy Thanksgiving from the Amalfi Coast!
While Thanksgiving Day isn't a holiday in Italy, many Italians do know about the holiday. Here it is called il giorno del ringraziamento, which literally translates as "the day of thanksgiving." As an expat, it is always hard to be away from family on important holidays. I feel this even more so ...
Sunday Mornings in Amalfi
I love Sunday mornings in Amalfi, especially this time of year when the sun warms the promenades along the sea and it seems like the whole town is out for a passeggiata. There's something special about Sunday mornings that you can feel walking through Amalfi. People are dressed just a little nicer ...
Photo Friday: Autumn in Anacapri
Despite all the recent rain and windstorms, it's been a beautiful autumn this year on the Amalfi Coast. On a nice day at the end of October, I went to Capri on one of the last days the boats were running from Amalfi to Capri. (Just a couple of days before the rough seas!) The autumn colors were ...
Favorite Italian Films: Rome Adventure
This week Lisa Fantino from Wanderlust Women's Travel Dreams is here to share with us about one of her Favorite Italian Films. It's perfect for those of you who love old films, love Italy and love traveling vicariously through movies. (Yes, yes ... and yes!) Welcome, ...
Autumn at the Villa Cimbrone in Ravello
It's been a beautiful autumn on the Amalfi Coast. As I look out the windows at the bright blue sky and the autumn colors dotting the mountainsides in shades of reds, yellows and oranges, I'm inspired to share some photos I took in October at the Villa Cimbrone in Ravello. While the weather can be ...
Photo Friday: November Sunset
Sometimes, although very rarely, I go out of the house without my camera. I usually regret it. Not long ago on a whim we took an evening drive from Amalfi toward Positano. As we came around a corner into Conca dei Marini, the sun was sinking into the sea, setting the Amalfi coastline pink against ...
Rough Seas in Amalfi
November 1st arrived this year with maltempo, or bad weather, all across Italy. We woke up the morning of the first to a strong, warm scirocco wind blowing from the southeast. The wind brought with it a sudden spike in temperature and a very rough sea in Amalfi. The waves were crashing on the Marina ...
Tempting Tuesday: Church of Santa Trinita in Florence
Anyone who knows me knows that I can't walk past a church here in Italy without stopping. And if it's open, I just have to pop my head inside. In big cities and small towns alike, so many of Italy's artistic treasures tucked away inside churches. Even if you're not usually one to stop at religious ...
Photo Friday: Autumn on the Amalfi Coast
Autumn has started to arrive on the Amalfi Coast, and everywhere you turn there are pretty signs like this vine climbing up a wall. I snapped this photo while out taking a walk last week in Scala. I loved the contrast between the strong reds, the blue sky and the mountain peaks in the distance. A ...
Cookbook Review: My Calabria by Rosetta Costantino
It is my pleasure this week to welcome fellow southern Italy expat blogger Cherrye Moore to share about a new cookbook. Cherrye writes often at her blog My Bella Vita about the beautiful region of Calabria where she lives, and this week she is here to tell us about a new cookbook called My Calabria: ...