One of the joys of starting this blog has been sharing the beauty of the Amalfi Coast with so many people around the world. This place has a way of enchanting people and creating a strong and lasting pull. I know it has for me! Over the past few months I have met people from all over the United ...
La Festa dei Lavoratori 2009
The first of May is a public holiday in Italy celebrating International Workers' Day. Known as La Festa dei Lavoratori, it is a day often celebrated out of doors, if possible, with picnics, parades and concerts. Michelle over at Bleeding Espresso wrote a great summary of the holiday last year. Much ...
Out & About: New Ticket Booths in Amalfi
I was greeted in Amalfi the other evening by a row of new ticket booths for boat tours and the boats that run between the cities on the Amalfi Coast and to the islands. While they are certainly all fancy and orderly, I really don't care for them at all. Where the old wooden booths with their ...
Tempting Tuesday: Sorrento’s Surprising Duomo
I guess I have Sorrento on the mind these days, and I have been thinking back to my last visit there on a beautiful day at the end of January. I had walked by the Duomo of Sorrento on previous visits, but hadn't been there while the church was open. Walking into a church I haven't visited before is ...
How to spend six hours at the JFK airport
I had somehow convinced myself that my flight for Rome left at 2:30pm. When I got off the plane from Minneapolis last Friday and saw on the flight departure screens that my flight to Rome left at 4:30pm, I very quickly realized my already long 4 hour layover had just become a 6 hour layover. Uffa! ...
Sunday Shout-out: Welcome to Sorrento Leanne!
After a perfectly uneventful day of travel, I am very happily back home on the Amalfi Coast. Both of my flights left early, I had time to go look at the Saarinen TWA Flight Center (exterior only), had lots of space on the JFK to Roma flight, my mound of luggage arrived safely, and we hit no traffic ...
Heading Back to the Amalfi Coast
.125 (1957)Alexander CalderJFK - International Terminal 4Bright and early Friday morning I start another long journey back to home on the Amalfi Coast. I have a layover at JFK, which I have to say is one of my favorite airports. It is home to Eero Saarinen's TWA Flight Center (Terminal 5), which ...
Out & About: Seeing Double
Somehow, in the midst of packing and traveling, I missed publishing the following Out & About post from last month. It was one of those early spring days, sunny and warm, that was just perfect for the beach. It was nearly empty, which is always an unusual sensation on a beach in Amalfi. When I ...
Tempting Tuesday: Fishing Boats in the Springtime
Boats in Marina di PraiaI love how the springtime is a time of rejuvenation. You see it everywhere on the Amalfi Coast, and not only with the burst of vibrant colors in nature. You can see the rejuvenation this time of year as the shopkeepers and restaurant owners start reopening and preparing their ...
Sunday Shout-out: Bell’Avventura
(Image courtesy http://bellavventura.blogspot.com/)Spring was just about to arrive when I left the Amalfi Coast two weeks ago for my trip to America. The plants were budding and blossoms were starting to appear. Around a corner I caught a glimpse of wisteria and around another peach blossoms. When ...
