Many thanks to everyone for the kind birthday wishes yesterday! Last year I started my birthday with a breakfast so lovely and memorable (above) that I decided it should be a tradition. On Monday I walked to the fruit & veggie shop and bought a watermelon and hauled it uphill ...
Tempting Tuesday: Chiesa Monumentale di San Michele in Anacapri
Down a quiet and charming street in the city of Anacapri, high up on the island of Capri, you will find a pretty little sign pointing you toward the Chiesa Monumentale di San Michele. Heading down this side street takes you to a very small piazza dominated by a pretty church with a white ...
Evening Sunshine in Amalfi
I stood mesmerized by the evening sunshine sparkling on the sea in Amalfi, and I wished I could fix its beauty in my mind forever. But there is some comfort in knowing so many others have also longed to hold on to this fleeting beauty. Words, familiar and true, ran through my head ...
Sunday Shout-out: L’Italiano in Famiglia
Two years ago when I first came to the Amalfi Coast, I knew only a smattering of Italian words. I could say the always useful tourist expressions such as, grazie, buon giorno and Dov’è il bagno?, but little did I suspect back then that living in Italy was in my very near future. ...
