Many thanks to my Mom who alerted me this morning that the Amalfi Piazza Duomo webcam is back online. Great news!! This is my favorite webcam on the Amalfi Coast, due in no small part to my love of the Duomo of Amalfi. (In fact, I wrote my masters thesis on that lovely facade you see up there.) ...
Ruins of the Basilica di Sant’Eustachio
Since starting Ciao Amalfi last month, I have already had the pleasure of meeting so many friendly and interesting people who, like me, share a love of this part of the world. Reader Chef Chuck, whose family heritage is from the Amalfi Coast area, left a comment to a post earlier this week asking ...
Sunshine After the Snow
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 ...
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 ...
