Last Tuesday on this blog I tempted you with the Ravello Festival, which is certainly one of the Amalfi Coast's artistic and cultural highlights each year. What makes the Festival simply spectacular is its location on the beautiful grounds of Ravello's Villa Rufolo. Set right in the heart of ...
Sunday Shout-out: Happy Mother’s Day!!
This Sunday I want to give a shout out to all the moms reading . . . Happy Mother's Day!! You all most certainly deserve a shout-out every day! I send my love and wishes to my wonderful mother on this day, and wish we weren't so far apart. My Mom's favorite place in the world is Positano, which ...
Out & About: Doorway to Paradise
Ravello is a small and relatively level city, which means you can walk most of it without having to go up or down a ridiculous amount of steps. But there are a few parts of the city that are worth the hike up or down the steps or the steep, curving road. The city is full of beautiful surprises! One ...
Ravello’s Auditorium Oscar Niemeyer
Continuing with la città della musica, as Ravello is called here on the Amalfi Coast, I have been watching the construction of the city's new Auditorium Oscar Niemeyer over the past many months. While the city has matchless outdoor venues, such as the Villa Rufolo, Villa Cimbrone and the Piazza ...