Decorate your Home For Christmas as they do in Italy
Decorate your home like they do in Italy. You need two things to make your home Christmassy in an Italian sort...
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Marconi the Italian Steve Jobs
After the death of Steve Jobs my sister received an email from a friend of hers likening the death of Steve Jobs...
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Photography and the Duomo In Florence
Walk anywhere near the Duomo in Florence, Italy and you will see people backing up trying to take a picture of...
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Italian Food by Region
Is there anything better than sitting down to a nice bowl of pasta cooked al dente with a delicate sauce or a perfectly...
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Blood Rain by Michael Dibdin
Michael Dibdin’s police detective Aurelio Zen has been transformed from the hardboiled detective of his early...
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Day 1 in Italy Continuing From Milan to Florence
When you leave the bus you enter the mass confusion that is Milano Centrale, the main train station in Italy. ...
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Day 1 in Italy – From Milan to Florence
I decided to take the bus from Milan’s Malpensa Airport to Milano Centrale, the main train station in Milan.Â...
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My Arrival in Italy
The Journey Continues. Read What Happens Next. Paolo had the new iPad. I was very envious.  He did not have...
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My Flight to Italy
My Trip Begins. Read All About It In My Trip Journal. Monday night to Tuesday Morning – I got to the airport early...
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My trip is almost here. Read my final entry from my trip planning journal. Sunday, May 1 – Yesterday was quite...
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Venice Italy Approves New Tourist Tax
Visitors to Venice, Italy who plan to stay overnight will now be taxed for the privilege. Overnight visitors...
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More Planning For My Trip To Italy
My Trip is Getting Closer. Here are the entries from my trip planning journal. Friday, April 29 – Only 2 days until...
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Planning for Italy Continues
My Trip is Getting Closer.  Here are the entries from my trip planning journal. Wednesday, April 27 –...
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Book Review – The Girl of His Dreams (with Comissario Brunetti) by Donna Leon
The Girl of His Dreams by Donna Leon was one of two Comissario Brunetti mysteries I took on my recent trip to Italy.Â...
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Diesel Jeans steps in to save the Rialto Bridge in Venice
First Tod’s stepped in to save the Colosseum in Rome, then Prada agreed to restore Ca’ Corner della Regina,...
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