Posts written about Italy, particularly Naples, and other posts written whilst in Italy.
Michael Rae and his wife Bambi, with Vesuvius in the background
Michael Clarkson Rae MBE, whose family founded the Neapolitan clothing store Gutteridge & Co, died on 7 March 2016 in Naples, the city where he was born. He was 79 years old.
The service of thanksgiving for his life was at the English Church, Christ Church, in Chiaia. It was a sad, grey day.
San Gennaro, his blood, and the saints process under escort through Naples, Italy
In Naples the less usual is everywhere.
A few weeks ago it was San Gennaro, his blood, and a selection of saints, who added the extraordinary as they were carried shoulder high in procession through the city’s streets from the cathedral to the church of Santa Chiara.
A busker in Naples, Italy
History makes music … it carves out life’s edges for the musicians to find.
Little wonder then that Naples, full of passion and secrets, is carpeted with song, with great singers and orchestras, and with the drift of the mandolin, of the saxophone and of jazz.
The Phraser 