As I spend my first whole month of August on the Amalfi Coast, I am learning a lot of new things. The first is that I finally know what really crowded here really means. And I mean the really crowded, no place to park, no beach chair left unoccupied, mobs of Italian tourists sort ...
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Out & About: Night Bells and Moon over Ravello
Ravello is a beautiful sight at night with its churches glowing and the city lights sparkling up and down the Amalfi coastline. The other night while passing through Scala, Ravello’s little-known and charming next door neighbor, the bells of the Duomo of Ravello filled the valley down to Atrani with ...
Summer Snapshot: Amalfi through the Lemon Groves
Sweet the memory is to me of a land beyond the sea, Where the waves and mountains meet, Where amid her mulberry-trees Sits Amalfi in the heat, Bathing ever her white feet In the tideless summer seas. —From Amalfi (1875) by Henry ...
Hitting the Beach in Atrani
Ever since jumping on the boat for the Sant’Antonio procession and seeing the festival for Santa Maria Maddalena in Atrani, I have been wanting to visit this city’s charming little beach. I’m not even sure why I haven’t ever been swimming there before, but last Saturday morning I ...
August is Vacation Time on the Amalfi Coast
It’s August and the beaches are getting mighty crowded here on the Amalfi Coast. Those of you who have traveled in Italy this time of year know that the month of August is when Italians go on vacation. While some cities might be a bit less crowded, that is certainly not the case ...
Tempting Tuesday: Summer boats on the Amalfi Coast
Amalfi One of the things I love the most about the Amalfi Coast is being near the sea again. Those of you who popped over to Italytutto.com to read my Behind the Blog interview now know that I grew up for many years on the beach in Florida and spent my undergrad college days in America’s ...
Behind the Blog – Grazie Italytutto!
I feel quite honored to be featured on Italytutto.com in its first blogger profile called Behind the Blog – Laura from Ciao Amalfi! I had a great time answering the fun and thought-provoking questions about my background, my life here on the Amalfi Coast, blogging, photography, the ...
Sunday Shout-out: Welcome back to Florence Katie!
Back in April I featured Katie from Olio di Olive e Sogni di Vino as one of my first Sunday Shout-outs. I wrote about how at that moment we were both dreaming of Italy, and how Katie was making plans to move back to Florence. Now I am so pleased to say that Katie is finally in ...
One Lovely Blog Award
Awhile back the lovely Katie from Olio di Oliva e Sogni di Vino shared with me the One Lovely Blog Award. What a sweet and thoughtful surprise. Grazie Katie! I would like to pass this award on to a selection of my lovely readers with lovely blogs who stop by often and leave me ...
A Day of Celebration in Atrani
Today is the feast day celebrating Saint Mary Magdalen, or Santa Maria Maddalena as she is called here in Italy. On the Amalfi Coast it is the biggest celebration of the year for the city of Atrani, just a hop, skip, and a jump from Amalfi. The Collegiata di S. Maria Maddalena ...
Tempting Tuesday: Touring Around Capri by Boat
A couple of weeks ago I wrote about taking a boat tour around the island of Capri and seeing the Arco Naturale. It was such a beautiful day that I just have to tempt all my lovely readers a little bit more. I also wanted to provide you with some of the details about the boat tour. ...
Sunday Shout-out: Lost in Sicilia
Photo from Lost in Sicilia I’m heading south in Italy this week to give a big Sunday Shout-out to a new friend and fellow blogger Karen at Lost in Sicilia. While her blog title suggests otherwise, we know from Karen’s fun and informative posts that she lives lives near Aci Castello ...