Venice of Dreams
Coming into Venice after a long day on the train from Naples was a dream-like experience. From southern almost summer time I was transported into an early November dark world…
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November 12, 2015
View from Ravello
Ravello sits about 1,000 feet above the town of Amalfi on the stupendous Amalfi Coast of Italy. Back in the 1200s and 1300s, when Amalfi was a geopolitical powerhouse, Ravello…
November 10, 2015
Positano
Positano has rightly been described as a town of cliff dwellers because it seems to defy the laws of gravity, with buildings connected via stairway after staircase. There are no…
November 8, 2015
Gardens of the Villa San Michele
At the end of the 1800s an eccentric Swedish physician with aristocratic connections, Axel Munthe, began work on his "dream house" on the island of Capri in Italy. The location…
November 7, 2015
Courtyard in Naples
Glancing through the huge double-doors, I saw this courtyard in old Naples. Boldly I stepped through the doors, and iPhone held high like any tourist made this image, which I…
November 6, 2015
Antipasto
I had this mixed antipasto at Campagnola, a classic Neapolitan trattoria in the heart of old Naples. The dish was incredibly delicious. Words simply cannot describe the sensuous lusciousness of…
November 4, 2015
Coming into Naples
Coming into Naples, an incredible snarl of traffic. This is take-no-prisoners driving, and really kind of fun to watch in a madcap way. Particularly since it wasn't me driving. We…
November 3, 2015
Orange Juice on the Cinque Terre Trail
Yesterday I slept in, which felt great after the jet lag from the nine hours difference in time with California. After the intensive orientation to Cinque Terre of the day…
November 1, 2015
Leaning Tower
On our way from Florence to Cinque Terre on the Ligurian Coast of Italy, we stopped to climb the Leaning Tower---Torre Pendente in Italian---of Pisa. It's a marvelous structure, even…
October 30, 2015