It’s the heat of Sicily in August that is the main character in the latest entry in Andrea Camilleri’s Inspector Montalbano mystery Series. Montalbano is as melancholy as ever, but the heat is making him more morose. It is even too hot to eat.
Camilleri…
The Paper Moon is the ninth book in Andrea Camilleri’s Inspector Montalbano series. Montalbano is the food loving inspector from the Sicilian town of Vigàta.
Paper Moon finds Montalbano in his normal melancholy mood, this time worried about his seemingly…
Traveling to new places or familiar ones is an exciting experience. Helping someone get ready for a trip and sharing in their excitement may not be as much fun as preparing for your own trip but it is still fun.
Giving a small gift to someone getting ready for…
Up at the Villa is part travel journal, part cookbook (yes, there are recipes!) and part poetry book. There are even a few travel tips and language guides. It is just the kind of book I love because you never get bored reading it. Linda Dini Jenkins has done…
Ok, so you waited until the last minute to learn Italian. Now your trip is only a couple of weeks away and the most you can muster is “Grazie” and even that you are not sure you are pronouncing correctly. The Franklin TGA-495 12-Language Speaking Global…
GPS systems were built for people like me and the Garmin nüvi 270 is the best for the price. I am pretty much lost the minute I get in my car. I do a little better on foot, but still you don’t want me to be the one responsible for getting a travel group from one…
I consider my purchase of these JVC Noise Cancelling Headphones to be my best purchase of the year. When I fly I like to pretend I am not flying which is pretty hard to do when you have kids screaming, passengers ringing their service bell and pilots and flight…
Putumayo Presents: Italian Café is different from the Rough Guide to the Music of Italy. Whereas Rough Guide presents more traditional, folk music, Putumayo sounds like it is from the 1950’s through maybe the 1980’s or so. The music is fun and light.…
I love this CD! The Rough Guide to the Music of Italy is a great overview of traditional Italian music. This is not a Pizza Pie in the Sky That’s Amore kind of CD. There is no Dean Martin or Perry Como, not that they are bad. I love Perry Como he is from my hometown…
I initially bought the Kensington 64343 Lock because I work at a University where laptop theft is a huge problem. After I bought it I thought well this was a good idea because now I can take it when I travel and lock my laptop up rather than trying to hide it in…
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