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HISTORY & CULTURE · October 20, 2016

Watching Over Amalfi’s Legends

There's something captivating about an old watchtower, isn't there? Even if it's crumbling or half ruined, its very nature tells us that there are stories - something to be protected, something to be taken, conquests, danger, mystery. Sitting in the mountains above Amalfi is a watchtower that ...

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Amalfi Coast Travel Basilca Sant Eustachio Ruins

HISTORY & CULTURE, TRAVEL · July 26, 2015

Remarkable Ruins of the Basilica of Sant’Eustachio

Along the stone steps between the sleepy villages of Minuta and Pontone in Scala, you'll find something a little unexpected. Set in a commanding position on a promontory surrounded by terraces of olive and lemon trees sits the ruins of what was once one of the finest churches in the Republic of ...

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Amalfi Coast Travel Duomo Campanile

TRAVEL · May 4, 2015

Here’s Why You Want to Get Lost in Amalfi

Standing in the center of town and looking up at the Duomo, or Cathedral of St. Andrew, is an experience you simply have to have in Amalfi. Sure, it can be a bit crowded during the busy season. But, look, did you see that view? Going to Amalfi and not standing in Piazza Duomo is like going to Venice ...

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Amalfi Coast Travel Faraglioni rocks from Monte Solaro

WRITING · April 25, 2015

Finding the Height of Beauty on Capri

What started my passion for writing and sharing about the Amalfi Coast is my love for this remarkable place in Italy. There is so much to see and discover, and I want every traveler to experience the stunning natural beauty for themselves. It was a joy to have the chance to write about two of my ...

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Amalfi Coast Travel Garden Terrace

PHOTOGRAPHY · July 11, 2014

Foto Friday | Amalfi Coast Garden

Often when I'm out walking or hiking on the Amalfi Coast, I simply have to stop and marvel at the way of life that people have created here - often for generations. Way high above Amalfi, and nowhere particularly roads, you see terraces of lemons. And you know that to tend those lemon groves, make ...

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Amalfi Coast Travel Pink Flowers Campanile

PHOTOGRAPHY · July 5, 2014

Pink Flowers on the Bell Tower

In early summer the Amalfi Coast blushes a bright pink. When the days become warm and spring showers have turned everything a lush green, the valerian flowers burst out, quite literally, from every nook and cranny. They poke out of crumbly stone walls, drape over the walkways through villages and ...

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Amalfi Coast Travel Lemons

PHOTOGRAPHY · May 30, 2014

Foto Friday: Limoni

As the design for Ciao Amalfi slowly transforms to a completely new look, this week's theme for Foto Friday is dedicated to the bright yellow lemons that you'll see in the new Ciao Amalfi logo created by the very talented Melissa Muldoon from Melissa Design. More about that in an upcoming blog post, ...

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See & Do · May 20, 2010

Church bells & bird songs overlooking Amalfi

Last week I was out on one of my favorite walks down to Amalfi, and as I came around a corner I heard the noon church bells from the Duomo beginning to fill the valley. I bolted down a few flights of steps to get to this lovely viewpoint where you can see the campanile of the Duomo and hear the ...

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Amalfi Coast · October 26, 2009

The Black Sheep

  The sound of the wind blowing through the mountain valleys, the sweet tinkling sound of sheep bells, terraced gardens of olives, lemons and grape vines, unbelievable peace and quiet – these are the reasons I love walking along the ancient pathways on the Amalfi Coast. Yesterday, while ...

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Happy 150th birthday to my fellow Nebraskan Willa Happy 150th birthday to my fellow Nebraskan Willa Cather! Congratulations to the @willacatherfdn on the re-opening of the Willa Cather Childhood Home. I can’t wait to visit!

Today I’ve been thinking about her time on the Amalfi Coast in 1908. This lovely poem reminded me of the view from Sorrento of the slopes of Vesuvius across the Gulf of Naples. 

“RECOGNITION” 
by Willa Cather 
The old volcanic mountains
That slope up from the sea — 
They dream and dream a thousand years
And watch what-is-to-be.
 
What gladness shines upon them
When, white as white sea-foam, 
To the old, old ports of Beauty 
A new sail comes home!
Welcome November! Listen to the church bells ringi Welcome November! Listen to the church bells ringing for Ognissanti - All Saints Day - in #Amalfi.
Happy Halloween! For the spooky season, here’s a Happy Halloween! For the spooky season, here’s a mosaic from Axel Munthe’s house @villasanmichele in Anacapri. It’s a copy of a mosaic from Pompeii that would have originally been seen as something like a reminder to enjoy yourself it’s later than you think (as the old song goes).💀👻🎃
Wishing you a beautiful start to the week! Dayligh Wishing you a beautiful start to the week! Daylight savings time ended in Italy yesterday and I’m loving the extra hour of sunshine early in the morning. Especially with more rain on the way this week!
Early morning end of the season sunrise in Amalfi. Early morning end of the season sunrise in Amalfi. Too pretty not to share!
“I am out with lanterns looking for myself.” —Emily Dickinson

Results: mixed.

But The Travelers by @brunocesarcatalano in Amalfi has been extended to November 5, 2023. I wasn’t ready for them to travel on yet!
This morning I said my goodbyes to Bruno Catalano’s “Travelers” on my morning walk. Tomorrow I’m off to be a traveler myself and they’ll likely be gone by the time I’m back. They’ve been good company, but it’s time for them to move on to their next destination. 🧳
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