{"id":4022,"date":"2013-05-06T14:46:43","date_gmt":"2013-05-06T14:46:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spiritsdancing.com\/travels\/?p=342"},"modified":"2013-05-06T14:46:43","modified_gmt":"2013-05-06T14:46:43","slug":"ravello","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spiritsdancing.com\/sdblog\/2013\/05\/06\/ravello\/","title":{"rendered":"Ravello"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;d thought of the Amalfi coast as a collection of quite distinct individual towns strung out along a coastline, but it is more of an entity than that. They tend to blend into one another as much as the landscape allows, and together occupy a relatively small area. The hill towns are not inland but high up, overlooking the coastal towns. By chance we stayed in one of them, Ravello, and it was lovely!<\/p>\n<p>This seemed the iconic photo of the place for me. The hills are beautiful, steep, heavily terraced and gardened, and everywhere there are lemons!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/spiritsdancing.com\/travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/IMG_5915.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-348\" alt=\"IMG_5915\" src=\"http:\/\/spiritsdancing.com\/travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/IMG_5915-768x1024.jpg\" width=\"625\" height=\"833\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The roads are narrow and windy. The locals and the buses have negotiating the hairpin bends down to a fine art, using a language of toots to communicate and choreograph the traffic. This is an example of how cars are garaged. Just along the road I saw a couple of ponies being tethered in a similar but more open area.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/spiritsdancing.com\/travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/IMG_5916.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-349\" alt=\"IMG_5916\" src=\"http:\/\/spiritsdancing.com\/travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/IMG_5916-1024x768.jpg\" width=\"625\" height=\"468\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Michael going up the steps to the place we stayed.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/spiritsdancing.com\/travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/IMG_5917.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-350\" alt=\"IMG_5917\" src=\"http:\/\/spiritsdancing.com\/travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/IMG_5917-768x1024.jpg\" width=\"625\" height=\"833\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Our B&amp;B had a very pretty terrace where we had breakfast when the weather was warm.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/spiritsdancing.com\/travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/IMG_5655.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-343\" alt=\"IMG_5655\" src=\"http:\/\/spiritsdancing.com\/travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/IMG_5655-1024x768.jpg\" width=\"625\" height=\"468\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Looking out from there, down toward Minori, there was always a different sky and mood.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/spiritsdancing.com\/travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/IMG_5625.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-344\" alt=\"IMG_5625\" src=\"http:\/\/spiritsdancing.com\/travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/IMG_5625-768x1024.jpg\" width=\"625\" height=\"833\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/spiritsdancing.com\/travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/IMG_5920.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-345\" alt=\"IMG_5920\" src=\"http:\/\/spiritsdancing.com\/travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/IMG_5920-1024x768.jpg\" width=\"625\" height=\"468\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/spiritsdancing.com\/travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/IMG_5770.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-355\" alt=\"IMG_5770\" src=\"http:\/\/spiritsdancing.com\/travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/IMG_5770-1024x768.jpg\" width=\"625\" height=\"468\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Early morning.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/spiritsdancing.com\/travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/IMG_6112.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-346\" alt=\"IMG_6112\" src=\"http:\/\/spiritsdancing.com\/travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/IMG_6112-1024x768.jpg\" width=\"625\" height=\"468\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;d thought of the Amalfi coast as a collection of quite distinct individual towns strung out along a coastline, but it is more of an entity than that. They tend to blend into one another as much as the landscape allows, and together occupy a relatively small area. 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