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La Tagliata – Perfect Positano Restaurant

Tucked into the hills above Positano is a wonderful, family run, restaurant – with one of the best views in the whole of Italy.  The food’s pretty fabulous too.  We stopped off at ‘La Tagliata‘ for lunch during our day trip to the Amalfi Coast and the experience was so good I felt compelled to share – just in case you happen to be passing one day read more…

 

 

 

Making the most of the Amalfi Coast

Italy’s Amalfi Coast is one of the most stunning drives in Europe; at once breathtakingly beautiful and slightly terrifying.  Around every hairpin bend on the sea-side of the winding corniche is a view more spectacular than the one before

 

 

 

 

A Taste of Italy – Sorrento

I originally planned to visit Italy for the first time back in the eighties.  For some reason it didn’t happen and we went to the Greek island of Zante instead. Lovely, but not Italy.  This year, almost 25 years to the day, I arrived in Sorrento for my first taste of la dolce vita.  Oh how I wish I hadn’t left it so long…read more

 

 

Bologna – La Grassa La Gastro

Of the three epithets bestowed upon Bologna;  La Dotta – The Learned, La Rossa – The Red and La Grassa – The Fat, it was the latter, fatter moniker that caused me concern.   Let me share the foodie delights that Bologna, food capital of Italy, brought to the table. Read more…

 

 

Bologna and a Penchant for Porticoes

I was constantly drawn back to the colonnades and pillars which filtered the sunlight and drew shifting shadows across the marble walkways creating an ever-changing perspective as the sun crept across the city.  Read more…

 

 

 

Emilia-Romagna and Blogwille – what’s it all about?

Earlier this summer I got back from an amazing time in Italy – two nights in Bologna and three nights at the BlogVille apartment in Rimini overlooking the wide sandy beach.   Read more…

 

 

 

Dancing ’til Dawn in Rimini

Today I was up at ouch o”clock (5 a.m.) to capture the sunrise. Rimini is right on the beach and is one of Italy’s big party towns – this shot pretty much sums that up…  Read more…

 

 

 

Pictures of Pompeii

A highlight of our trip to the Campania region of Italy was a visit to the excavated city of Pompeii. The town was buried under 6 metres of ash when Mount Vesuvius furiously erupted on 24th August 79AD.  Read more…