Amalfi

Back in Amalfi, I took the time walking the town’s streets, trying to imagine the places my father had been. I believe this structure on the hillside may have been the convent where my father convalesced.

Mediterranean Island Hop

June 4th 2007
From Pompeii, I returned to Amalfi along the famous Amalfi Coast road, said by some to be the most beautiful road in the world. As it was a weekend, the road was clogged with four-wheeled tourist traffic. This isn’t a problem in Italy on a motorcycle as you simply straddle the center line, select the appropriate gear…and motivate. I must have passed a thousand cars stuck in traffic…two wheel ... read more

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Italy became a nation-state in 1861 when the city-states of the peninsula, along with Sardinia and Sicily, were united under King Victor EMMANUEL II. An era of parliamentary government came to a close in the early 1920s when Benito MUSSOLINI establis... ... read more

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