Daily life on the Amalfi Coast can be challenging, but this robust Italian smiles as he easily climbs more than three hundred steps to and from work every day. Seventy-three years young, Crescenzo is the caretaker of an abandoned castle high above the town of Maiori.
The ancient steps are uneven, built by hand with rocks of diverse shapes and sizes. In many places they are covered with grass and dirt, and in some instances, the staircase consists of tiers of dirt bolstered by stones. No handrail exists to aid in the uphill hike.
Crescenzo grins as he turns and gazes down to find me twenty stairs behind him while I pause to catch my breath. This lofty landscape is rugged, yet spectacular, and the panoramic view from the top is the ultimate reward.
~Excerpt from Colors of Naples and the Amalfi Coast
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Have you visited Naples or the Amalfi Coast? Did you love it as much as I did? I’d love to hear your thoughts, so please leave a comment.
Grazie and ciao
Anonymous
I remember this picture! One of many!
Gloria Walsh
Love love love the book!
margieinitaly
Grazie mille, mia cugina!! Lo apprezzo.
karenincalabria
Love this picture and your observations. I often noticed how well-shaped old women’s calves are in Italy. I imagine this man also has a nice pair of legs under those jeans. With the women it’s a bit more obvious with a skirt and a pair of shoes with a sensible heel. We have our one-story houses, elevators and parking close to where we need to be, but our legs? And as you say, our stamina?
margieinitaly
Thank you so much Karen…I too often wonder about the people and their lives…One thing for sure though, they do have stamina!!
Tony
Not yet, but next Spring I am hoping! 🙂 Thanks for your post today, a welcome change from what has otherwise been a sad day.
margieinitaly
Thank you my friend Tony. Yes a sad day indeed. We need to remember the good things and not dwell on the bad.
anyone4curryandotherthings
Bon giorno, Margie. Oh how much I enjoy reading your articles, it always makes me feel I am there in this beautiful country. Grazie. And then the photographs, a feast for my eyes. Never been to the Amalfi coast etc but would have loved to, of course. Now sadly I never will. Although I have been to Italy countless times, never been south of Rome. Now we are just flying into Venice, bus to Padua (day visits to Venice and Torcello) 😃and after a week or so of P. On to Roma by train for another week or so. We now skip Firenze completely. We miss being in Italy very much. Ciao, Carina
margieinitaly
I can’t tell you how much I appreciate your comment, Carina. I hope you have a wonderful time in Padua, a place I actually have not yet visited. Enjoy Rome and your days in Bella Italia!! Grazie, Bella.
theturtle
I’ve never visited the Amalfi Coast (in Italy I’ve only been to Rome and it was eons ago) but you sure give me reasons to add it to my wish list 🙂
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margieinitaly
Thank you. I’m sure you’d love it once you got there. Thanks for leaving a comment!!
theturtle
You’re welcome 🙂
I’ve been enjoying the way you portray the people and the places 🙂
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