I woke up this morning to find a beautiful and sunny day on the Amalfi Coast. The day seems even brighter with the sun shining on what is left of the snow from yesterday. Enjoying the sun this morning, I noticed that, despite the terrible wind yesterday evening, the neighbor kids had made a charming ...
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Snow Snow Snow!
While I was at the desk writing this morning, something strange outside the window caught my eye. "Are those snowflakes?" I thought. Yes, it was actually snowing out my window! I thought the first few snowflakes would be the end of the story, but for about two hours it got increasingly heavy until ...
Le Frane on the Amalfi Coast
Photo from Positanonews.itAn important word to learn about life on the Amalfi Coast is la frana, or landslide. It is a word you hear very often, especially this time of year after the winter rainy season. Along the roads you will see minor frane, where a small section of the retaining wall of a ...
Buon San Valentino!
I was in Amalfi this morning enjoying the beautiful sun on this chilly San Valentino day, and I snapped a few pictures of the city. I guess I had red on the mind for San Valentino!Buon San Valentino! ...
Stormy Weather
The strange weather continues here on the Amalfi Coast. Yesterday it hailed! It was unusual to look out the window and see the garden almost white when it ended. It rained and hailed, and we would have quite the pile of snow if it were just a little bit colder. Today the weather was cool, clear and ...
The power of the sea
Yesterday, while on an afternoon walk down by the port of Amalfi, I happened across a very large pile of stones. Hum, strange. It took just a moment, however, to realize that they had come from one of the piers in the port, which has been damaged by the strong sea and storms in the past week. The ...
San Biagio in Amalfi
Amalfi, Chuch of San Biagio (upper left)2 February 2009Last week it was the feast day of San Biagio (Saint Blaise) on February 3rd. Amalfi's second largest church, which you can see in the photo above, is dedicated to this saint, and there is a long tradition of celebrations and processions. The ...
La Festa della Candelora
Earlier today I was feeling a bit bad for all my complaining about the rainy weather here. Tomorrow it is predicted to be rainy and cloudy again, but this time I am happy! So why the change? Tomorrow is Groundhog day! I have just learned that here in Italy there is a similar tradition, called Feast ...
Capri in Sight
On Thursday the rain stopped and we woke up to a beautiful, sunny morning on the Amalfi Coast. The perfect day to be out enjoying the good weather! After traffic delays due to road work and work cleaning the rocks on the mountains, we missed the boat to Capri from Sorrento. So instead we walked ...
Dreaming Capri
Capri at sunset, October 2008I have decided to combat the oppressiveness of the current bad weather by making plans for when the weather improves. I have yet to be to Capri off season, and I have been anxious to see the island during the winter without the crowds of tourists. Unfortunately, that ...
Amalfi in Graffiti
While graffiti is far from a laughing matter for me, I have to admit this new piece of graffiti near the parking in the port of Amalfi made me smile yesterday. Then I was angry, but first I smiled. Anyone who knows my research past with the Duomo of Amalfi will understand why I smiled at this ...
“The rain it raineth every day”
View of Coast and the city of Maiori from Ravello25 January 2009And still it rains! It has rained so much in the past month that things are starting to go a bit downhill here on the Amalfi Coast. Unfortunately, I mean that literally. The unrelenting rain is causing walls and terraces to crumble into ...