Atrani

Odds and ends

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Here are a few random images. One of the things I like best about wandering around the towns in every place we’ve been is finding the pathways, steps and areas where everyday life is going on. This pathway above, in such an area between Atrani and Amalfi, was wonderfully narrow!

There were many places selling ceramics, but at this one in Ravello we bought a beautiful bowl and plate. We also had a nice conversation with the people running it, who were telling us about how difficult it was now under new government regulations on small business to employ enough people in their factory. It was a nice glimpse into their life.

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There are lots of small religious markers such as this in numerous places we’ve been, but I just really like this as a photo.

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There were lots of these beautiful bright-green-backed lizards wherever we walked. I guess they are skinks of some sort? They would be sunning themselves on walls or stones and flick back into the greenery too quickly for me to take a photo. I spent too much time trying!

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Amalfi coast beaches

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In Australia we really are spoilt for great beaches. I found the ones on the Amalfi coast, which I assume are part of the attraction of all the places along the Amalfi coast, quite challenging to my notion of what a good beach should be. These photos are from Atrani.

The entrance to the beach is from the town square through this rather nice archway.

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Looking back from the beach you can see the archway on the right in this photo.

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The backdrop to the beach is spectacular.

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I find the ranks of umbrellas and lounges amusing!

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This last photo is of the beach at Amalfi.

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