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If I could return to only one European area and stay awhile, it would be Italy's Amalfi Coast. I met Rosa Candela on my birthday last March (2021) at her online Airbnb experience: https://www.airbnb.it/experiences/1508893
My friend, Sally, who gave me this gift, joined us from Virginia. Rosa shared her family recipe and technique for making limoncello--truly the hit of the summer with my family. In late May she joined me for this episode from her Salerno terrace overlooking the Tyrrhenian Sea. Here she takes us on the Path of the Gods and beyond, tells us must-eats and must-sees on the coast and Capri, and invites us to join her for real on one of her walking tours.
YouTube version with photos and video here: https://youtu.be/-Fsp-J7tHxU
Find Rosa...
On Facebook and Instagram : A TASTE OF AMALFI COAST
WEBSITE: https://rosacandelagae.wixsite.com/atasteofamalficoast
EMAIL: [email protected]
Season 2 Theme Song: "Jazz In Paris" - Media Right Productions https://youtu.be/mNLJMTRvyj8
Photos: Rosa Candela and Canva
Series Intro
:20 Episode Intro Italian lessons online at https://www.italianforfun.co/
3:57 Meet Rosa Candela on her terrace in Salerno on the Amalfi Coast
4:31 How we met—Limoncello Airbnb Online Experience
http://www.italia.it/en/useful-info/covid-19-updates-information-for-tourists.html
6:05 Covid conditions in Italy
9:51 Rosa’s dream land and dream job: “We call the time spent here Dolce Vita.”
10:22 Why she prefers walking tours
11:00 Path of the Gods
11:48 Other hikes—Mill’s Valley
14:00 Why I’m dying to go back to Positano—2 movies filmed in Positano and the https://sirenuse.it/en/
14:48 Rosa’s favorite restaurants in Positano and Amalfi
Praiano — Kasai On TripAdvisor here: https://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurant_Review-g194867-d8115579-Reviews-Kasai-Praiano_Amalfi_Coast_Province_of_Salerno_Campania.html
On her food tours—Fore Porta https://www.agriturismoamalfi.com/
Stella Maris https://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurant_Review-g187780-d1111680-Reviews-Stella_Maris-Amalfi_Amalfi_Coast_Province_of_Salerno_Campania.html
19:45 Courses of a typical Italian meal
23:30 Lemons in Paradise
24:44 Family ties in Italy
27:10 Rosa’s travels—Brussels, Berlin to Copenhagen, Croatia, Sicily, and Sardinia by bike
30:20 Best time to travel to Amalfi Coast and transportation options
34:03 Sorrento and Capri
Famous Visitors inspired by Capri https://www.capri.net/en/e/famous-visitors
38:53 Rosa’s personal journey—“I decided to follow my passion.”
41:38 Rosa’s advice to a younger person”Nobody can know what is best for you except you...Follow your passion.
Outro

Welcome to Part 2 of my conversation with Angela Correll, author of the May Hollow Trilogy. This episode is for readers, writers, creatives of all kinds. She’ll share her writing journey, process, and a new project. She’ll also talk about opportunities she can provide for solo writing retreats and creative community.

Be sure to hear her story in Part 1 and read the blogpost on how she wanted a simpler life and found it in Stanford, KY with her husband, Jess. There they live on a sustainable farm and have revitalized the downtown area of the village dating back to the 1700s that inspired her books. She takes us on a tour through the first historic guest cottage they saved and renovated, restaurant and event spaces, and her soap factory where it all began as a way to save her goats. You’ll see Whitley Cottage, Esther’s Wellhouse, and farm-to-table Bluebird Restaurant where I spent a one-of-a-kind weekend.

Angela continues to design spaces so readers can experience small town living in the two worlds of her novels–one in Kentucky and soon Tuscany, Italy where she and Jess are remodeling rental properties.

One year after Covid changed our world, I talked with Claudia Baeza, owner of PIneapple Yoga + Cycling Studio in Sarasota, Florida, about the healing, holistic practice of yoga for those with anxiety and depression caused by Covid-fatigue. Since visiting her studio and learning about her non-profit, The Dharma Footprint Project, providing yoga to groups below, I've been a fan. She tells us why and how she made a move from Boston to the beach and has never looked back. We discuss why Sarasota and she gives her Must-Dos while visiting there. See more of these in my 3-part series on Sarasota County (link below).
Yoga Pineapple Yoga + Cycling Studio https://pineappleyogastudio.net/
My Visit There https://southerngirlgoneglobal.com/2021/01/30/sarasota-county-part-2-where-locals-and-tourists-go-in-sarasota-for-health-wellness-and-to-give-back/

The Dharma Footprint Project, a non-profit, that started with classes offered at a local juvenile detention center, provides the following to those affected by health conditions AND their care-partners : Yoga and Cycling for Parkinson’s, Love Your BrainTM Yoga (LYBY) for those who have experienced a TBI (traumatic brain injury) or concussion, Y12SR yoga with 12-step programs for addiction recovery, Trauma Sensitive Yoga for Anxiety and Depression, Yoga for Veterans, Yoga for Differently Disabled. https://dharmafootprint.org/
Why I love Sarasota: https://southerngirlgoneglobal.com/2021/01/14/sarasota-county-floridas-cultural-coast-offers-best-of-all-worlds-part-1/

How is the world coping with changes caused by the pandemic? Are you needing an escape? Have you ever dreamed of vacationing in Paris, Provence, the French Riviera? Or have you already fallen in love with France and want to return for some unique, new experiences? Join my conversation with an old friend, Janice Chung, Canadian award-winning writer and blogger at FranceTravelTips. She shares with us her favorite experiences after 34 pilgrimages to the country she calls her "heart's home." Hear secrets on where and how to run races, bike, kayak, eat, play, relax, study at a French Immersion school or Le Cordon Bleu. Whatever your heart desires, this lady born on Bastille Day can get you there! You'll be inspired by her travels in Bhutan, Kenya and Canada, too. Music Credits: Carole Edwards, "Come and Run Away with Me," Chris Haugen, "Casablanca Caravan," Dan Lebowitz, "Mysteries" To watch the Skype interview with photos go here.
Photo Credits: Cindy McCain and Janice Chung

How are you coping with changes caused by the pandemic? Are you needing a new job, career, adventure, life? Meet Kate Woods of MoroccoBespoke.com. In 2014 each of us flew from empty nests--hers in Melbourne, Australia, mine in Nashville, Tennessee-- and landed in Marrakech, Morocco. She’s still there. Learn how she and other expats are coping with lockdown, a curfew, and closed borders since March 16. If you’ve fallen under Morocco’s spell, relive the magic. If you haven’t been yet, learn why it has such allure and meet us there Summer 2021. Whatever your dream is, Kate will inspire you to chase it! Music Credits: Carole Edwards, "Come and Run Away with Me," Chris Haugen, "Casablanca Caravan," Dan Lebowitz, "Mysteries" To watch the Skype interview with photos go here. Photo Credits: Cindy McCain and Kate Woods