In ancient times St Maria a Gradillo Church housed the meetings of the common people who run the politic orientation of the town in opposition to the rich people who gathered in the twin Church, St. Giovanni del Toro. Inside, under the floor, it is possible to see the ancient decoration with small white and [...]
Archive for October, 2017
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S. Maria a Gradillo
10 Comments CherryPie on Oct 30th 2017
Joy is a net of love that captures souls.
Mother Teresa
10 Comments CherryPie on Oct 29th 2017
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Ravello – Day Nine
We had an early start with the alarm going off at 6am. Some breakfast items had been left in our room the previous evening but unfortunately we had to leave most of it behind because due to airport security restrictions there would be nowhere to put any leftovers.
The hotel porter loaded the electric buggy with [...]
6 Comments CherryPie on Oct 28th 2017
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Ravello – Day Eight
After breakfast we headed off to catch the 9.35 bus to Amalfi, which surprisingly (after our previous experiences) arrived on time! We were travelling to Amalfi so that we could catch a boat to Capri. We arrived just in time to book the 10.30 boat with a return journey. I was a little dismayed that [...]
2 Comments CherryPie on Oct 27th 2017
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Ravello – Day Seven
After breakfast we made our way to the bus stop in order to catch the bus to Amalfi where we intended to catch a water bus to Salerno. Once again the bus did not arrive as scheduled but on this occasion we only had to wait 30 minutes. The boat trip was enjoyable, stopping off [...]
4 Comments CherryPie on Oct 26th 2017
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Ravello – Day Six
This morning I had forgotten to put the alarm on but, luckily, I woke up anyway. Straight after breakfast we made our way to the bus stop to try our luck at catching a bus to Amalfi. After a few minutes we learned from someone else in the queue that the bus had left seven [...]
6 Comments CherryPie on Oct 25th 2017
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Ravello – Day Five
Mr C slept in again which meant that there was slightly less choice for breakfast because, apart from standard options, when an item was gone it was not being replenished. On our way out of the hotel we enquired about visiting the hotel garden which is at the back of the cookery school and we [...]
4 Comments CherryPie on Oct 24th 2017
