Italy Reviews - Hotels, Books And More

Sicily and Southern Italy Cookbook Review

What could be better than a culinary trip through Southern Italy including Sicily Wait Southern Italy Like many people who have spent time in Italy I usually mean northern Italy when I talk about my favorite country Like many Italians I have had the same prejudices about Southern Italy I have not explored much of Southern Italy but my recent trip to Sicily was such a beautiful experience not to mention a delicious one that my curiosity and my appetite...

International Cell Phone Rental Rent One from PlanetFone

International cell phone rentals are the way to go for US residents traveling abroad International cell phones are very expensive for US residents and dont make sense for most of us If you travel internationally only a few times a year and then only for pleasure international cell phone rental is the answer My sister rented a PlanetFonewhen were traveling in Rome I have to admit that I was more than a little skeptical but it turned out to be a lifesaver...

Teva Sandals Dont Leave Home Without Yours

It took me many years of traveling all over the world to learn that I cannot travel with any less than three pairs of shoes and that one of those pairs of shoes should be Teva Sandals Rick Steves recommends that women take no more than two pairs of shoes I say you can take at least three pairs of shoes and still travel with only carryon luggage I never check luggage on my way to a travel destination and I always take three pairs of shoes I resisted...

Sarah Dunant In the Company of the Courtesan

At the start of Sarah Dunants novel In the Company of the Courtesan it is 1527 and Rome is being sacked by Spanish and German invaders Fiammetta Bianchini a successful Courtesan and her business manager Bucino Teodoldo a dwarf are forced to flee Rome for the flourishing economy of Venice Fiammetta and Bucino swallow their jewels and hide a locked book the contents of which is unknown to them After what can only be described as a few uncomfortable...

Sarah Dunant The Birth of Venus

How can you not love a novel that has a tattooed nun the monk Savonarola Lorenzo the Magnificant and all the intrigue of 15th century Florence The Birth of Venus by Sarah Dunant is one of the best historical fiction novels that I have ever read and I have read a lot of them Sarah Dunants writing conjures up what life in Florence Italy would have been like at a time when wealthy families hired artists to paint their private family chapels and Santa...

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