Images of paradise at Ravello

Hemingway is alleged to have said, "The rich are different from you and me."  That may or may not be, but I can assure you they hang out differently. 

I managed to locate some photos of the Hotel Caruso in Ravello, to which I referred in a post that I published a few days ago.  As spectacular as the pictures are, I'm not sure they do justice to the beauty and majesty of the place.  The Caruso is the type of resort hotel where the surroundings often outclass the guests, if not the impeccable staff.

And to think I toured the Caruso in oil-spotted shorts and a baggy old Tommy Hilfiger polo shirt!  And, my God, it was striped!  I was mortified then, and I'm mortified now.

But this is not all about me.  It's about vicarious living through photography.  Enjoy.

Or, as we might more aptly phrase it, "Eat your heart out." 

The Exclusive Suite has its own everything, including a private lawn and garden.  For this degree of seclusion you pay almost 3000 euros a night.  Which is why pop music royalty like Alicia Keyes and Mariah Carey stay there.  Because they can.

Since I live in a 1-bedroom apartment in Manhattan, I mentally measure everything I see in New York terms.  The bathroom of the Exclusive Suite is approximately the size of a typical NYC entry hall, living room, dining nook and kitchen.  The separate all-marble shower room is the size of a generously proportioned maid's room in a Classic Six.

This one is nice too.  Deluxe Junior Suite.  Maybe Bruce Springsteen would let his roadies stay here.  He's a real man of the people, they tell me.

I avoid piano bars when the piano is actually playing.  But it was nice to have a late-afternoon drink with no one tickling the ivories.

A few more pix to prolong this masochistic pleasure...

I look at this pool and my heart beats faster. 

So.  What's wrong with this picture?  I am not in it.

As the song says, "Dreaming is free."

Buona notte, carissimi.

Comments

[Fredric Koeppel]

actually, it was Fitzgerald who said that. Hemingway's reply was, "Yes, they have more money."

[TH]

I KNEW Fitzgerald was in there somewhere! Thanks for correcting my highly imperfect memory, professore.