Since starting Ciao Amalfi two months ago, I have had such a pleasant experience meeting and interacting with the expat blogging community here in Italy. Everyone has been lovely and incredibly helpful in so many ways! I have left comments and sent emails full of questions, with topics ranging from ...
La Festa della Donna
Tomorrow is International Women's Day, which is called La Festa della Donna in Italy. Is this day celebrated in America? I certainly hadn't heard of it before now. The symbol of the day here is the yellow mimosa, which has recently started blooming on the Amalfi Coast. It is such a striking color! ...
The Tour of the Winds
Amalfi, November 2008Yesterday brought with it some nasty weather, or what is called maltempo in Italian, to the Amalfi Coast. It woke me up at about 1am in the morning, kept me awake most of the night, and was still going strong yesterday evening. This is the sort of wind I experienced growing up ...
“Creepy Italian Trees”
A sure sign that spring is just around the corner here on the Amalfi Coast is when the tree trimming begins. As those of you who live here or have visited here may have noted, there are a lot of platano trees, or plane trees (known as sycamores in North America) along the Amalfi Coast. I love these ...
Out & About
Since I was fifteen, I have loved taking photographs. I still have my first Kodak camera, a Christmas present from my mother, which I just can't bear to get rid of. So many memories were captured with that camera! Nowadays, I often have my small digital camera tucked in some pocket or my purse. In ...
Dancing in the Clouds
Outside my window everything is white. No, no, not more snow. During my first winter on the Amalfi Coast I was surprised by the amount of clouds that seem to just get stuck in the mountains along the coast. This happens other parts of the year, but it seems to happen most often in the winter. Day ...
Amalfi: Megami No 50-Byou
Aha! With some searching last night, I found the movie being filmed on the Amalfi Coast right now. It is called Amalfi: Megami No 50-Byou (Amalfi: 50 Seconds of a Goddess), and will be the first film shot entirely on location in Italy. Here is a great little article about the movie, which states ...
Christmas in March?
The current talk of the town in Amalfi has been the Christmas lights, which are not only still up but also are still turned on most nights. Very strange since they are usually taken down by the Feast of San Biagio at the latest (beginning of February). Recently, news came out that the lights had ...
Where were you two years ago today?
Two years ago today I visited the Amalfi Coast for the first time. It was a glorious late February day, the sun was shining and the water was more shades of blue than imaginable. The beauty of this place hit me hard. Now I am reminded of John Steinback's description Positano back in 1953: "Positano ...
Fire above Praiano
Photos from Positanonew.itYesterday there was very large fire in the mountains above Praiano, which has fortunately been put out by three squads of the vigili del fuoco (fire department) from Salerno and Maiori. The impressive photos above of the fire are by Francesco Fusco and are from the news ...
