Hi Francesco Thank you so much for the brilliant idea of letting us know about the processions passing by the webcam. It has helped so much, and making me miss Sorrento so much too, because last year there I was in the streets watching! You are right about the sound though, which is so beautiful. with the cadence of the drums, and the sound of the MISERERE in the night. Sending you wishes for a very happy Easter!

Ciao Bellastar, ciao Marianna,
Buona Pasqua to you too,...and topping for the Black procession coming up in a couple of hours...

That is so cool! I am going to be in Sorrento in one month! Can't wait! Thanks for the link...

francesco, we decided at the last minute to spend a long day in Sorrento and the Amalfi Coast (coming down from Rome).

I have my computer all ready to catch the procession, it is exciting to see all the preparations on the web cam.

They'll be starting within minutes, but as you can see from the schedule (http://www.processioni.com/itinerari_sorrento.htm), they'll go by the webcam (Via Tasso/Via sanCesareo) later on.
The procession starts from the road up on the left(via Sersale), few meters away from the webcam "sight": via Sersale would be the coninuation going up of the road(via Tasso), that you see on the upper left of the screen (these 2 streets are separeted by Corso Italia

Is anyone having a problem with the refresh on the webcam? I have always had mine set to 5 seconds but now it's taking more like a minute. I tried posting a minute ago but my post didn't show.

Mine's not refreshing either unless I manually press "refresh." Oh well...

My computer is all so slow today that it isn't refreshing on time either! Did I miss it? My computer must be possessed.

I've just seen the procession along Corso italia...now it should be on its way towards Piazza Tasso to Via Luigi De Maio, so I guess in 20 minutes (30 min. max) you'll see it coming from the road on the bottom...if your connections will help you!!!
Wait until the end of it: after the first chorus you'll see a wooden statue of the body of Christ followed by another chorus and a vertical statue of the Holy Mary following and mourning the body of Her Son after She's found Him dead.

It looks like something is going on... wish we had a better view! =)

I'm watching it now, how amazing!
Thank you Francesco!

Its a little hard to see but I just saw the Virgin Mary and a gold something pass by...its tough cause they are all in black!

I think its over now, people seem to be leaving...

That was really neat. I guessing it was pretty amazing at 3 am. =)

Here are 2 interesting screen captures I got while watching:
http://www.oneblueh.com/sorrento_032505.jpg

Thanks for sharing that with us!

Thank you again Francesco for sharing the information about this Good Friday tradition in your beautiful Sorrento.

I saw the body of our Lord and also the statue of our Holy Mother. It touched my heart.

Buon Pasque to you and your family.

Te amo, Francesco! (Is that right?)

Thank you so much, I was able to put the Madonna as my new computer background.

Thanks from me too, Francesco.

Sea Urchin, did you do a Rome trip report? Inquiring minds and all that....

I'm glad you've enjoyed it. Sorrento becomes magical in certain moments and this is one of them (wether you believe or not). I'm happy I could share this with all of you. I've just made it back home on my moto-bike...there's more than one procession going on on the Sorrento peninsula, so most of the roads are closed and traffic gets easily stuck all over the place (I had to use narrow secret alleys!!! ;-) )
Buona Pasqua-Happy Easter to everybody!

Yes, sigh, it is magical, Francesco.
Grasshopper, I have been trying to organize my notes and they are in complete disorder, but I will arrange them this weekend. Thanks for asking.
Have a great weekend too!

Buona Pasqua, Francesco.

Thank you so much for giving us timely information about the processions. I was captivated by the dramatic presentation.