If you think all there is to do in Positano is lay around on the beach, looking up at the pastel coloured buildings perched precariously off rocky cliffs while sipping on your Aperol Spritz, you’re wrong. Sure, the beach is nice, so is the Spritz, but the best view of Positano is way, way up…
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See Naples and Die
That’s the title of a book I read some years ago by Penelope Green, an Australian journalist who ends up living in Naples. I enjoy reading this kind of book, always fascinated and a little jealous of people who get to experience living in a foreign country (especially Italy). I can’t remember too much of…
When In Rome – Why I love the Campo de’ Fiori district
When I travel, my number one criteria for choosing accomodation is always location, location, location. I want to be smack bang in the middle of it all, I want to be within walking distance of all the sites, I want to be near bars and restaurants the locals hang out, and I want there to…
Underground Secrets of Rome – Nero’s Golden Palace (Domus Aurea)
“Now I can begin to live as a human being.” That is apparently what Emperor Nero had to say when his Golden Palace, Domus Aurea, was finally built. Poor Nero, he must have been living in squalor before he could move into his 300 room abode set on 200 hectares of manicured gardens, fountains, a huge…
“Do you speak English?”- How not to be a tourist in Italy
I have recently returned from a trip to Italy, my favourite place to visit. I have so much I want to write about and share I really don’t know where to begin. I don’t think it’s just because I’m Italian, I think I’d love Italy just as much if I weren’t. It has everything and…
