Italy: Context, intro, meandri e avertimentis: 1 of 12


Cathedral of St. Andrew, Amalfi, inner courtyard

Content will be forthcoming here over the next several weeks. I have built a structure, but... it will take some time to process photos and then to post the usual illustrated narrative... I'm reminded of the whole Rome-wasn't-built admonishment at this moment.

I've adopted (stolen) the Tauk travel company organizational schema to report on the experience. First, it's chronological, and second, I'm so challenged to make sense of the whole excursion that I'd never achieve any clarity of expression on my own. 

Not to assume that I now will...

Thus, a series of twelve entries are scheduled to be crafted, and fear not: Linda's steady hand is on the wheel so that, as in life, I'm less likely to go careening off a cliff. 

Please note that I am not an archeologist, anthropologist, art historian... the list is massive. I'm also not a professional photographer. I am, instead, a humble enthusiast.

To navigate to all the Italy blog posts, this index of links appears on each entry:

 

Italy Posts (finished, work is in progress):

Context, intro, meandre e avertimentis

Sorrento and Amalfi Coast

 Pompeii

Imperial Rome

Rome, St. Peter's Square & Borghese Gallery

Orvieto & Umbria

Historic Assisi

Tuscany, Lucca

Florence

Cinque Terre Villages

Venice

Final thoughts

Location: 80067 Sorrento, Metropolitan City of Naples, Italy

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