A fantastic easy bike ride near Venice
January 27, 2011I’d love to hop on a bike, circle St. Mark’s Square, ride over the Rialto Bridge past the markets, cycle through the city’s narrow calle and bump down its many short staircases. But if you’ve been to Venice, you…
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Roman Assisi
January 24, 2011One of the most beautifully written articles about Assisi that I’ve ever come across is by the author of today’s guest post, Rebecca Winke. Below, she delves into the fascinating evidence of the city’s Roman past, which is being uncovered as…
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Palermo Nightlife
January 10, 2011Palermo is Sicily’s biggest city, and there is a lot to see and do. Locals – known as palermitani – eat late, so a 9.30 pm dinner reservation is completely normal. The Teatro Massimo is an incredible place for an…
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Ode to Ronchi (via San Maurilio 7, Milan)
January 07, 2011I've been de-cluttering for the last few months to get ready to move to San Francisco. SF will be the eleventh city I've lived in and the fifth my husband and I have lived in together, so I've been-there-done-that…
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Five favorite books for travelers to Italy or Italophiles
December 16, 2010The five recommendations below are all on my bookshelf. They are the ones I pick up frequently: the ones bookmarked with color-coded sticky flags, and the ones that I buy again and again as gifts for people. For…
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Meet the locals, but share your perspective, too
October 25, 2010Mingling with locals definitely brings a foreign destination to life, but there's one thing no local has: your perspective. They will never know that you love cobblestones unless you tell them. When I was in high school, our…
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Italian soccer for the traveler
October 20, 2010Point me to a pair of skis, hiking boots, a bike – or even a sports bar with a hockey game on – and I’m happily occupied for hours. But I am soccer-challenged, so thanks to Jessica Spiegel of JessicaTravels.com,…
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Best Italy hikes: guest post at Italylogue
September 21, 2010It was a challenge to narrow down my list of favorite hikes in Italy to just five for Jessica at Italylogue but I did it. My picks for best Italy hikes include the Dolomites, Lake Como, Liguria, the Amalfi Coast, and…
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Three favorite Italian songs
August 23, 2010When an Italian classmate asked about the lyrics to a Bob Marley song, it was a lightbulb moment for me. We were on a field trip from Milan to Assisi, and the song was playing on the bus. Even…
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