About Laura Thayer

Writing, photography & tales from daily life on Italy’s Amalfi Coast, through the eyes of an American writer and art historian. Currently co-writing a novel with my mother, Sandra Thayer, set on the Amalfi Coast.

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It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas … in Amalfi!

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas … in Amalfi! The bakeries and shops are decorated for the holidays, and soon the town will be lit with Christmas lights. With all the recent bad weather, it’s been hard to put up the decorations this year. But last Saturday morning I was out and about in Amalfi and saw the lights were being installed in the Piazza Duomo and along the waterfront. Here are a few photos I snapped quickly while out for a walk.

Decorations being intalled in Piazza Duomo

Here come the Christmas lights!

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