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I'm a writer, an artist, and until recently, an educator. I’m fascinated by the conundrums of travel writing and time travel. I have one cat who is appropriately named Genghis Khan.
Thanks Olof! And thanks Emile for the lead!
Oh my. The pictures of Positano are just insanely beautiful. Enjoy!
while you are in Italia meet up with my friend Marco Turini, he runs an Organization devoted to honest travel and the "grand tour" of old. http://www.erodoto108.com/ I am sure his group would be pleased to speak with you and potentially collaborate.
Hi Andrea,
Thanks so much for this information, and I'm relieved March is a good time to go. I've heard that we'll be there right before tourist season really starts.
One of the things that I find so interesting about Positano is that it's a very old place, dating at least back to the time of Emperor Tiberius, but like a lot of other tourist sites in Italy, it's been encouraged by the tourist industry to build a sort of timeless version of itself that may never have existed.
Henry James wrote this over a hundred years ago: "Nothing is more easy to understand than a certain displeasure on the part of the young Italy of to-day as being looked at by all the world as a kind of soluble pigment. Young Italy, preoccupied with its economical and political future, must be heartily tired of being accounted picturesque."
I will definitely take your advice and explore the surrounding areas, hopefully including Ravello. I only wish I could be there longer! Thanks again.
Hi Kristen
I live in the northern Italy. 2 years ago i had a 2 weeks vacation on the Amalfi Coast.
Sure, it's one of the most beautiful and charming places that i visited.
March is a great moment to visit those places if you are in search of authenticity.
At the beginning of september most of the the spots were crowded an busy.
I found an accomodation in Maiori, a smaller town on the Amalfi coast, but still well connected to other places through ferries and corriera's (public transport bus service).
The feeling of authenticity is much stronger in smaller places, found off the beaten path; talking to people, eating at a restaurant, walking throgh the alleys gives you the real feeling of the local life.
I mean, in places like Positano, Sorrento, Capri and Amalfi (which are are breathtaking), i had always the sensation that everything was built around tourism.
So if you have some spare time, try to catch the first bus that travels along the coast (from sorrento to salerno) and get of at a random location; don't worry you can't get lost, the alndscape is pretty the same: sea, and the town developing along the hill side.
One place that i really recommend is Ravello; you can reach it with a coach that starts from Amalfi.
As soon as i get home, i'll back you.
I wish you all the best.
Andrea
Thanks Emile!
You rock, this rocks, rock out. Make the money and do the work. Complimenti.