Tag: Italy
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Il Dolce Far Niente: Notes From The Amalfi Coast – Ravello
In Ravello, we marvelled at gardens and were stunned by the views. This is probably my favourite place on the Amalfi Coast, not quite off the beaten path but off the well-trodden path and something of a trek to get to. Ravello is a quiet town with an easy soul; it feels like the soothing…
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Il Dolce Far Niente – Notes from the Amalfi Coast – Amalfi
I have a vivid recollection of getting to Amalfi; on a bus from Positano, I think we could have walked it even but then we aren’t locals and the hair pin bends coupled with the fact that I do not know the lay of the land very well, did not leave me brave enough to…
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GOOD FRIDAY- NEGRONI
This week has been a long year, January has been a long decade, the thirteenth month of 2020 if we are being frank. As much as I love a new beginning, I have never been a January person, nor a Monday or morning person and still we move. We made it to the end of…
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San Gimignano x Helmut Newton
San Gimignano is a small town in Italy, a medieval walled town surrounded by an outer newer town. Like all small towns and medieval villages it is utterly charming and old and cobbly and uphill and so, perfect. It is also not the place you expect to see a Helmut Newton exhibition, but that’s the…
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Finding Frida | Frida Kahlo, The Heroine Of Her Life
Today is Friday Kahlo’s birthday and somewhere in heaven I want to believe that she and Diego finally have a shot at life together, with lots of children and happiness that eluded them in life. Frida Kahlo, a woman full of mystique, an artist full of life. For years I have followed her art and…
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Cinque Terre- The Five Wonders
Close your eyes and picture your most enchanting dream, a place where you’ve longed to go but can only do that in a dream. Are you there? Its perfect, sands beneath the soles of your feet, sweet sea breeze, the azure blue ocean stretches as far as the eyes can see. Ice cream, lots of ice cream, more…
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Florence- Eat. Play. Stay.
Always and forever, Florence will have my heart. I could go back there everyday and still never have enough of it. The people. Their passion. The food. The ambience. Even the tourists, nothing ever makes Florence less that what it is- BEAUTIFUL. EAT In Florence you can eat anywhere and everywhere there is no shortage of…
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Florence- Love At First Sight. Always…
Perhaps the first thing you notice about Florence is her astounding beauty and romance, a city surrounded by evidence of times past, a presence of beauty, and an endless charm for the future. Even with the tourists swarming at peak season nothing takes away from her beauty. It feels like you are in a cocoon, trapped in a…
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A City of 100 Churches- Lucca, Italy
Okay, I only have two for you. Lucca is a town of gothic churches, 100 of them reportedly, and the home of Madam Butterfly composer Giacomo Puccini. By now you ought to know that I love Italy. Much more than France. I love Florence much more than Paris. Paris is beautiful, I’ll always give it…