Two Wheels
Ahhh. Just back from an hour and a half ride down the canal. I push it as hard as a can, fast and steady. It makes me feel so full of life! I'm grateful to have my two wheels to hop on and get my...
Chiesa Soccorso & Forio
La Chiesa della Madonna del Soccorso - The Church of the Madonna of Help is located at the edge of a prominent cliff in Forio, at the west edge of the island of Ischia. I had seen it in the daytime...
Sant’Angelo
Sant'Angelo is a little village on the south side of the island of Ischia. The island bus will drop you off at an upper parking lot and from there you must walk down the hill to the village, or take...
Castello Aragonese
Castello Aragonese - The Aragonese Castle of Ischia The castle dominates the skyline and view on the east side of the island of Ischia. Omnipresent as the background, it sits on its own islet,...
Giardini Poseidon Terme
Giardini Poseidon Terme - The Poseidon Gardens and Thermal Pools Poseidon sits at the western shore of the island of Ischia, just south of the town of Forio. They have over a dozen (I lost track)...
The Perfect Lunch
One would think that in a coastal town on an island in the Tyrrhenian Sea it'd be possible to find a good meal of seafood. I was on a mission to satisfy a craving for a plate of mixed, grilled,...
Local Specialties
The command came by e-mail from my Italian instructor back home: "Non dimenticarti di mangiare il famoso 'coniglio all'ischitana' accompagnato di un buon vino dell'isola. Ischia e' famosa anche per...
Silence & Solitude
9 Agosto - Journal Entry Sunday night. Back home in Milano. Silence & solitude. Ready to be here and it feels like it's been ages! I guess that's the sign of a good vacation. But I tired of the...
“The Full Italian Experience”
9 Agosto 2009 - Sunday. On the Northbound Train "The Full Italian Experience" Fellini would do a good job with this. Train ride home to Milano. (Yes, please!) Left Napoli just before 1:00. Arrived...
L’Isola d’Ischia
The island of Ischia (“EES-kee-uh”) is a 45-minute boat ride off the coast from Napoli. A couple hundred passengers were seated auditorium-style in the boat as it bounced across the water westward....
Milano-Napoli-Ischia
4 Agosto 2009 L'Isola d’Ischia, Italia Today:Milano-Napoli-Ischia, (with stops in Bologna, Firenze and Roma.) We arrived in Napoli by train from Milano at 2:05. We quickly got out of the crowded...
“MysLand”: Milano’s Supergraphic Seaside
It's August in Milano. It's hot and humid, and most people are part of the mass-exodus out of the city for the month. (The whole country takes the month off.) But some of us are left behind (or...