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Alba Gonzales | Ravello
Overlooking the sea from the Auditorium Oscar Niemeyer Following a twisty, narrow road down from the center of Ravello, you’ll find the striking Auditorium Oscar Niemeyer. I enjoy its gleaming white...
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Foto Friday | Finding Center
Um, so just where is centro? This week I’ve finished up a massive writing project that has kept me even busier than usual of late. It felt good. It felt very good! But now that things are settling back...
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Ravello Festival 2014
A magical setting at the Ravello Festival – Photo by Pino Izzo The stage is set, the lights are ready, the gardens perfectly manicured and the 2014 Ravello Festival is ready to begin! With the...
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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...
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Foto Friday | Nel blu dipinto di blu
Oh, it’s good to be back home on the Amalfi Coast. Since moving here many years ago, I’ve never traveled back to America in the summer. After enjoying warm weather, sunshine, fresh picked sweet corn...
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Autumn Reflections
– Autumn glory in Ravello at the Hotel Parsifal It has been hard to know what to write. Tomorrow will be three weeks that my husband has been sick, and every day I hope he will be feeling better. We’re...
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Winter Rest on the Amalfi Coast
– A dreamy glimpse of Villa Cimbrone in Ravello lost in the winter clouds I don’t get the winter blues as the change of seasons just feels right to me. I enjoy watching the way the light shifts and the...
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Dramatic Clouds Rolling in Over Ravello
April has been a bit of tease so far this year leaving many locals wondering just what happened to spring. It Italy there’s an old saying “marzo è pazzo,” that March is crazy, and I’ve overheard quite...
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Beautiful Spring Blossoms on the Amalfi Coast
My heart soars when the trees burst into bloom and the air is full of the sweet scent of wisteria on the Amalfi Coast. Spring has officially arrived and brought with it all the excitement of a new...
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The Ravello Festival 2015
The stunning stage set up for the Ravello Festival at the Villa Rufolo (Credits: Roberto Vuilleumier) If you’re planning a trip to the Amalfi Coast, mark your calendars for June 20th to September 5th...
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Winter Weather Layers
– A grand sky scene in the above Ravello The first week of this new year has come and gone seemingly in a haze. Mostly because it has been rainy and grey with low lying clouds that actually do make it...
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Buon Primo Maggio!
As I sit down to write this morning, rain is pouring down on the Amalfi Coast and low clouds have turned my view into nothing but white. Spring arrived early this year, but the last couple of weeks...
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Ravello Festival Program for 2016
One of the signs that summer is arriving is the announcement of the program for the Ravello Festival. Earlier this week at a press conference in Rome, the full program for the 64th edition of the...
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The Best View of Ravello … is From Scala!
A picture perfect view of Ravello from Scala Of all the towns on the Amalfi Coast, perhaps the one most noted for incredible views is Ravello. Situated on a promontory about 1,200 feet above the sea,...
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A Rose-tinted Morning
Sometimes the curiosities of the night and weird places my dreams carry me linger on after waking. I suppose that happens to everyone now and again. This morning I woke up even earlier than usual and...
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Top 10 Romantic Spots on the Amalfi Coast
A Hopeless Romantic’s Insider Tips for the Most Romantic Spots on the Amalfi Coast If there’s one thing I love, it’s a good romance. A book, a movie, a sappy card, and I’m hooked. I’m a romantic at...
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Trattoria da Lorenzo | Excellent Seafood Restaurant Overlooking Ravello
Trattoria da Lorenzo in Scala For this month’s Italy Roundtable theme of Flavor, I’d like to share with you one of my favorite restaurants on the Amalfi Coast – Trattoria da Lorenzo. You’ll find it in...
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Visiting the Amalfi Coast in the Spring
What to See & Do on the Amalfi Coast in the Spring The weather is warming up, birds are singing every morning when I open the window and the almond trees have started to blossom. That means la...
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Visit the Torre Maggiore at Villa Rufolo – Opens April 1st!
The Torre Maggiore at Villa Rufolo Opens as the Torre-Museo on April 1st If you’ve been to Ravello and visited the Villa Rufolo, you’ve likely stood and enjoyed the view looking up at the Torre...
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Ravello Festival 2017 Schedule and Tickets
Photo by Roberto Vuilleumier and used courtesy of the Ravello Festival Every year I eagerly await the announcement of the Ravello Festival program, which runs from July to September in the City of...
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