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Amalfi Coast Travel Sunset Winter in Amalfi

TRAVEL · January 6, 2015

The Golden Hour

Amalfi glows in the evening light. This is true all year long, but it's especially so during the golden hour just before sunset in the winter. Looking east, the cascade of buildings above the Hotel Luna watchtower take on a gorgeous hue. If I could paint, I would sit up here in the evenings and ...

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Autumn Colors in Ravello on the Amalfi Coast

TRAVEL · November 4, 2014

Autumn Reflections

It has been hard to know what to write. Tomorrow will be three weeks that my husband has been sick, and every day I hope he will be feeling better. We're thankful that it's nothing extremely serious and we're anticipating a full recovery. It has just been very tough and very slow. On the days when I ...

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Amalfi Summer Weather Storms

TRAVEL · June 19, 2014

Drama in the Summer Sky

The weather has been dramatic this week with sudden thunderstorms several times a day followed by blue skies and the sunshine peeking out. Yesterday evening at sunset another storm rolled in from the sea. But just before it arrived the sky was full of the most spectacular clouds. It was a ...

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Amalfi Coast Travel Summer Storms

TRAVEL · June 16, 2014

Waterspouts on the Amalfi Coast

From blue skies and beach weather to thunderstorms and waterspouts. I guess that's just the unpredictability of early summer for you! On Sunday the weather turned suddenly quite bad in the late afternoon with lightening, massive thunder that rolled through the valley and the rather unusual ...

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Amalfi Coast Travel Glorious April Weather

TRAVEL · April 14, 2014

Glorious April Weather

Leave me alone with a view like that and some sort of photographic device and you can bet that I'll try to capture it in some way. That's what I did with my several year old simple Samsung phone this morning when looking out at the blue sky and sea. What a glorious spring day! It's just so ...

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Marina Grande Beach Amalfi

TRAVEL · February 15, 2014

Winter Sunshine

There's nothing quite like when the sun comes out in February after a rainy spell. There's the warmth of the sunshine to dry everything out, but also that sense of spring on its way. It's hopeful, warm and irresistible. And not just for the Amalfitani! We took an afternoon stroll in Amalfi this ...

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November Snow Above Scala

TRAVEL · November 27, 2013

November Snow on the Amalfi Coast

Yesterday morning we awoke to a wintry surprise ... snow! A cold front blew down from the mountains overnight and left a light dusting of snow at the highest elevations along the Amalfi Coast. Even at the top of Scala the cars were covered with a slushy white covering we don't see all that often ...

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Ciao Amalfi Coast Travel Ravello Villa Cimbrone Wisteria Walkway

TRAVEL · June 8, 2013

Spring Blossoms at the Villa Cimbrone

Spring came a bit late this year, but it wasn’t stingy with its beautiful colors and much needed cheeriness. One sunny day when the internet went kaput I took a ride up to Ravello and headed toward the Villa Cimbrone. I’ve shared photos of a picture perfect autumn stroll through the Villa Cimbrone ...

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Ciao Amalfi Coast Travel Positano Wisteria Pergola

TRAVEL · May 25, 2013

Wisteria in Positano

Spring came late and all at once this year. The villages along the Amalfi Coast went straight from overcast wintry days to the buzz of activity rushing to prepare for the busy season seemingly overnight. The flowers loved all the rain and suddenly burst in bloom last month. Speaking of flowers, ...

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Ciao Amalfi Coast Travel Weather April

TRAVEL · April 22, 2013

Spring Showers on the Amalfi Coast

This has been one of those days that just couldn't make up its mind. Beautiful spring morning ... sure thing! Sudden thunder and hailstorm with pounding down rain ... why not? My husband called mid morning to say batten down the hatches (well, he didn't really say that ... but now I wonder if ...

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Ciao Amalfi Coast Blog Sunny Saturday April

TRAVEL · April 6, 2013

On a Sunny Saturday in April

It amazes me each spring just how quickly we can forget certain things. Dinner with the gas heater blazing by the table for warmth, the hot water bottle (or cat) sitting on my lap to keep my fingers warm enough to keep typing and that old "for the rain it raineth every day" attitude. But then one ...

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View of Amalfi from Above

TRAVEL · March 10, 2013

The Quiet Season

Things have been pretty quiet around here on Ciao Amalfi lately, and I apologize for the lack of updates! In some ways it's quite natural as life slows down this time of year to savor a bit of quiet on the Amalfi Coast. After the buzz and celebrations of the holidays, the rest of January and ...

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What 31 days of January morning walks looks like. What 31 days of January morning walks looks like. It’s been gorgeous and windy and stormy and wild - and everything in between. Should I pick a different spot to take a photo a day next month?
Non Amalfi Coast question. Do you wake up in the m Non Amalfi Coast question. Do you wake up in the morning with music or a song in your head? I do nearly every morning and it’s curious to me what shows up. Usually it’s something I’ve been listening to, but sometimes it’s really random, like someone’s left the music room door slightly ajar in the brain. This morning it was a jaunty version of “Loch Lomond” from the 1940s sung by Maxine Sullivan. (You’d think that would be from the random category but I actually listened to it yesterday.) So that’s what was swinging about in my head as I took a walk early this morning. 🎶
Happy Burns Night! I love a country that has a hol Happy Burns Night! I love a country that has a holiday for their national poet. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Here’s one of my favorite poems he wrote.

Musing On The Roaring Ocean
by Robert Burns

Musing on the roaring ocean, 
Which divides my love and me; 
Wearying heav’n in warm devotion, 
For his weal where’er he be. 

Hope and Fear’s alternate billow 
Yielding late to Nature’s law, 
Whispering spirits round my pillow, 
Talk of him that’s far awa. 

Ye whom sorrow never wounded, 
Ye who never shed a tear, 
Care-untroubled, joy-surrounded, 
Gaudy day to you is dear. 

Gentle night, do thou befriend me, 
Downy sleep, the curtain draw; 
Spirits kind, again attend me, 
Talk of him that’s far awa!
After a wild and windy night, there’s a dusting After a wild and windy night, there’s a dusting of snow atop the mountains of the Amalfi Coast. ❄️
On January 1st, I started going out for an early m On January 1st, I started going out for an early morning walk, and it has quickly become my favorite part of the day. This morning—after four days of rainy and cloudy mornings—I watched sunrise over the Cilento coastline across the Gulf of Salerno. Late morning it started raining again and it hasn’t stopped. This little pocket of beauty was exhilarating!
After the storm as the sky clears. #Amalfi #CiaoAm After the storm as the sky clears. #Amalfi #CiaoAmalfi
Winter weather has arrived on the Amalfi Coast! Ou Winter weather has arrived on the Amalfi Coast! Outside there’s the roar of the rough sea and strong winds in the mountain valley. This photo was a moment of relative calm yesterday morning as the storm came in.
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