NAPLES ITALY – We passed through Naples from Capri on our way back to New York. This place always leaves me feeling melancholy: The good and bad of Italy are focused here with a tilt toward the later.
Day 2090 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.
Naples
On this day three years ago (day 994): Villa Necchi, Milan.
CAPRI ITALY – We took a long grueling hike today from the piazza in Anacapri up the spine of this island to its far end at Il Faro, where we had a sensational lunch and spent the balance of the day.
Day 2088 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.
Capri
On this day four years ago (day 262): Funicular. Looks like we were on Capri on the 4th of July four years ago.
CAPRI ITALY – We spent the better part of the day at the “beach” at Da Luigi at the Faraglioni, the much photographed rocks sticking out of the sea here. t put beach in quotes because there is actually not a sandy breach anywhere on Capri. People lay out on rocks (or rent lounges at a cost similar to a daily car rental) to feed their pre-melanomas, and climb down steps to swim. Strange, these Italians.
Day 2087 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.
CAPRI ITALY – After a full day of travel from Milan we arrived here for Le Converationi, a literary festival organized by our friends Antonio Monda and Davide Azzolini. This is really, really fun, but visually Capri doesn’t change much from year to year and we’ve been here at least a dozen times so it risks being a bit stale on the photo a day front. We’ll be struggling a bit.
Day 2086 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.
MILAN ITALY – Five images from Milan, celebrating our last day here before we decamp for Naples and Capri. Two of today’s images are a continuation of a theme from three days ago: Casa Rustici; the rest are building facades.
Day 2085 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.
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MILAN – Our last day here. I had a shopping day with Maria and this evening we saw Un Ballo in Maschera at La Scala with Marcelo Álvarez singing Riccardo and his wife, Sondra Radvanovsky, singing Amelia. It was a fabulous evening. Alvarez is a star and Radvanovsky is a superstar; the La Scala crowd was cool to Alvarez and accepting of Radvanovsky (who’s an American who grew up in the Midwest) but booed the young conductor, who according to our host was not up to La Scalla level work. This is one tough crowd. Here’s Maria in our box.
La Scala
