http://aubreyholland.com Wed, 23 Apr 2008 18:50:25 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Ravello is one of the towns along the southern side of the Amalfi coast, only a few miles (but about an hour's drive) from Positano. It's higher up in the mountains, which gives it a bit of a different feel from the other towns that we visited. We were totally ... http://aubreyholland.com/2008/04/23/ravello/ Paestum, a town just a few miles south of Salerno and Amalfi, is the site of another set of ruins, quite a bit older, and quite a bit less covered by voncanic ash. The town was first part of a Greek colony, then became Roman, then was abandoned because of ... http://aubreyholland.com/2008/04/23/paestum/ When I was in about the 3rd grade I remember that there was an issue of National Geographic that showed up in our classroom with pictures of Pompeii in it, including a very dramatic picture of one of those frozen-in-time bodies that most people have seen images of on the ... http://aubreyholland.com/2008/04/23/pompeii/ Technically, this is going to be two slightly compelling facts about Positano, some pictures, and a bunch of blabber, but I'm not going to tell you which ones are the compelling ones here at the beginning in the hope that you'll keep reading. It's completely gorgeous OK, first off, this place is ... http://aubreyholland.com/2008/04/16/four-absolutely-incredible-facts-about-positano/ This will be part I of the "our trip down south" series, which will probably take forever for me to finish, since we had so much fun and took so many darn pictures. I promise it will be fascinating, though - especially if, like most people, you're fascinated by looking ... http://aubreyholland.com/2008/04/13/orvieto/ Hi everyone. Hannah here. This is my visual journal for you of patterns in Barcelona. http://aubreyholland.com/2008/04/11/cafe-amb-llet/ A few weeks ago, we finally stopped procrastinating and went into the Basilica at St. Mark's, and judging by the crowds that are already piling up outside of the place, I'm glad we didn't wait any longer. I've learned a lot about Venice since we've been here (obviously), but it's ... http://aubreyholland.com/2008/04/09/st-marks/ Is this guy a cheeseball, or what? This was on the door of a beauty salon here in Venice, and it continues my confusion as to why they only seem to be able to put pictures of people with ridiculous hair styles on these places. This young fellow has got ... http://aubreyholland.com/2008/04/08/soccermullet/ I haven't done this in a little while, and it's about time to get back on top of it. I'm just realizing that it's been so long since I wrote something on here that there are things that I've forgotten most of the details of already. Oy! I'm going to ... http://aubreyholland.com/2008/04/08/where-am-i/ Quick, name three beers from Italy... I got you, didn't I? Maybe you came up with Peroni, or Moretti if you're really good. And why have we not heard of the fantastic beers that just have to be pouring out of this country and into our living rooms? It's because they ... http://aubreyholland.com/2008/03/05/export-bier-hell/