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Ciao Amalfi · July 12, 2009

Sunday Shout-out: Italytutto.com

    I know most of you who read this blog are big fans of Italy, and you probably already have a few (or more!) of your favorite Italy blogs you visit regularly. Well, be prepared to find more! This week I want to give a big, boisterous Italian-style Sunday Shout-out to ...

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Amalfi, Beaches, BOOKS · July 11, 2009

100 Beaches of the Amalfi Coast

    After too many days of clouds, the sun came out this week and with it arrived a beautiful beginning to July on the Amalfi Coast. It has been a quiet week here on the blog, as I have been escaping from the computer a bit and enjoying some time on the beach. The water is deliciously ...

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Amalfi · July 9, 2009

Guest Post: An Amalfi Love Story

I am very  pleased to be introducing my first guest writer here on Ciao Amalfi, and who better than my good friend and fellow travel writer Lisa Fantino from Wanderlust Women Travel. She has written for us a beautiful tale of love set in one of the loveliest places in the world. Her story resonates ...

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Capri, Tempting Tuesday · July 7, 2009

Tempting Tuesday: L’Arco Naturale on Capri

    If you take a boat tour around the island of Capri, you will see one of the island’s famous landmarks, the Arco Naturale, or Natural Arch. The experienced boat drivers will bring you so very close to the rocky cliffs (I could touch them!) where you can look up and enjoy the ...

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Blogosphere, Sunday Shout-out · July 5, 2009

Sunday Shout-out: Ciao Chow Linda

      From Positano to … Princeton! This week I opened the mailbox and found this lovely postcard from Linda at  Ciao Chow Linda. When I posted about the first blogger postcard swap I did with Anne in Oxfordshire, Linda commented and offered to send me a postcard from her ...

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Positano · July 3, 2009

Taking the boat to Positano

    The easiest and most scenic way to move about on the Amalfi Coast is certainly by boat. You avoid the sometimes crowded public SITA buses, the traffic jams or periodic road blocks, and you get to see the beautiful Amalfi Coast from the sea. Yesterday I hopped on the 11:30am ...

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Blogosphere, Positano, WRITING · July 2, 2009

Off to Positano!

    Today I am very excited to be heading to Positano for a meet up with fellow bloggers and expats based here on the Amalfi Coast and Sorrento arranged by Scintilla over at Bell’Avventura. How fun! Positano is such a  beautiful city, and I am happy for a lovely excuse to head ...

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Banner, Nature · July 1, 2009

July Banner: Celebrating Bougainvillea on the Amalfi Coast

    One of my favorite plants on the Amalfi Coast is the lush and brightly colored bougainvillea that seems to grown in every nook and cranny, over terraces and around doors. I’ve even spied it climbing up the railings on staircases. It is flowering and lovely this time of year, making ...

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Architecture, Conca dei Marini, Holidays, Tempting Tuesday · June 30, 2009

Tempting Tuesday: Church of Sant’Antonio in Conca dei Marini

    One cool and sunny February morning in 2008, we went for a drive as we often do in the winter. With no particular destination in mind, we go exploring up and down the Amalfi Coast, enjoying the warm winter sun, the roads free of buses and tourist traffic, and the beautiful views. ...

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Blogosphere, Sorrento, Sunday Shout-out · June 28, 2009

Sunday Shout-out: WhyGo Italy

ITALY Earlier this month I had the pleasure of meeting Jessica, the the extremely knowledgeable Italy expert from WhyGo Italy. She popped down to Naples during her recent trip to Italy, and we spent part of a very lovely day exploring the streets of Sorrento and enjoying lunch together. We ...

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This month’s newsletter continues the travels in This month’s newsletter continues the travels in Italy with American poet H.W. Longfellow in 1828 as he made his way down to Naples. Plus a look at Grand Tour volcano tourism and a bonus of 19th-century tips for now not to be a tourist. Link in bio!
Mmmhmm autumn is definitely my favorite season. 🧡 This morning I woke up a bit earlier than my alarm and looked outside somewhat perplexed. The entire sky, the town—everything—had a burnt orange hue. A hurried lacing up of the shoes and still bleary eyed, but I just had to see it better for myself. It was a glorious sunrise. Now the rain has just gently started falling and I’m in full autumn ecstasy.

Later I’ll return to the piano to pick up where I left off yesterday learning this beautiful autumn waltz by @andreavanzo_composer. 🍂
Just by chance I happened to catch the very beginn Just by chance I happened to catch the very beginning and end of season at @cantine_marisa_cuomo this year. It was fun to see the grapes on the same vines just before harvest begins. Swipe to the right to see the same grapes back in May. Happy autumn!
Huge thanks to @italia_magazine for the lovely fea Huge thanks to @italia_magazine for the lovely feature of the second edition of Moon Southern Italy in the August/ September 2025 issue. Love the great description of @moonguides as well. Grazie mille! 🇮🇹
My heart might forever wander, but it’ll probabl My heart might forever wander, but it’ll probably always take a crosswalk. E si fermerà chissà…
This morning was a little cloudy when I went out f This morning was a little cloudy when I went out for my morning walk like I do most mornings in Amalfi. Down the coast, across the Gulf of Salerno, rays of light were shining right on the city of Salerno. I had set out with Salerno on my mind because it was there that 82 years ago today—on September 9, 1943—the Landing of Salerno began during WWII. My Grandpa was in the Army during the war - a lot of it in Italy. Yet he would never speak of where he was or what he did, and certainly had no desire to ever see Italy again after the war. While he probably wasn’t in that first landing in Salerno, he would have been somewhere in Italy, perhaps further south in Calabria or in Sicily. I always think of him during these days and wonder about those hard experiences he must have had in Italy. And very grateful for what he and so many fought for and endured. 

If you ever visit Salerno, south of the city there’s an Allied War Cemetery that is a moving and important place to visit. 🤍
Have I ever shared one of my favorite poems about Have I ever shared one of my favorite poems about Amalfi? It’s by the American poet Sara Teasdale (1884-1933). It’s simple and it’s heartbreaking - like first loves so often are. But I think about it often, especially on night walks in Amalfi. 

Night Song At Amalfi

I asked the heaven of stars
What I should give my love —
It answered me with silence,
Silence above.

I asked the darkened sea
Down where the fishers go —
It answered me with silence,
Silence below.

Oh, I could give him weeping,
Or I could give him song —
But how can I give silence,
My whole life long?
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