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Cycling Tuscany In My Dreams
As my eyes try to focus in the darkness the clock reads 1:30am and jumbled visions of a bicycle and Tuscan hills cascade through my mind. Back in Canada, with an internal clock firmly ensconced in an...
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Rome : Housecleaning the Colosseum
One of Europe’s most recognizable landmarks, the Roman Colosseum, is getting a bath. Not for 2000 years has the mammoth building been cleaned. The Colosseum, blackened from centuries of pollution and...
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Italian Food Quiz
Traveling through Italy is synonymous with fabulous food. Italian cuisine leaves one’s eyes tempted and taste buds tantalized. The question for you is, ‘How well do you know Italian food’? Italian Food...
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Italian Food Quiz – The Winners
The Italian Food Quiz proved that either my readers are starving or I should start a food blog. There has not been so much action since the mobs were stampeding over us in Pompeii last month. Thank you...
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How To Get In the Vatican…Or Not
Running from the Metro station toward the entrance of Vatican City, I thought surely this would be the moment we would be hit and killed in the chaos of the traffic of Rome. Thirty six hours is not...
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Tips for Visiting St. Peter’s Basilica – Vatican City
Standing in Vatican City hoping to gain entrance to St. Peter’s Basilica, we gazed upon one of the most magnificent and imposing churches in the world. A Visit To Vatican City and St Peter’s Basilica –...
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Positano’s Church of Santa Maria Assanto and the Black Madonna
Santa Maria Assunta Church- Positano Known for it’s amazing beauty and ability to defy gravity with it’s buildings clinging to the Amalfi coast, Positano and it’s landmark domed church, vie for most...
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Leaning Tower of Pisa – Can you Lend a Hand?
Why the the Leaning Tower of Pisa does not fall over is a mystery to a casual tourist such as I. Visiting Italy several years ago we were surprised to arrive in Pisa and see a large police and military...
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The Colors of Burano – Sunglasses Required
The island of Burano with it’s eye popping color, rests quietly in the Venetian lagoon. Known for it’s lace making and colorful buildings, Burano is a short vaporetto (water bus) ride from Venice....
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10 Italian Hilltop Towns You Must See to Believe
A trip to Italy is not just about the amazing wine. Not that wine isn’t a fabulous reason for visiting the Italian towns of Tuscany and neighboring Umbria but there is far more to see. Choosing the...
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Guard Donkey in Italy’s Bagno Vignoni
The sound was unmistakable. Echoing through the undulating hills of Tuscany came the repeated hee-haws of a donkey. Cycling in Italy one becomes accustomed to the chiming of church bells on the hour...
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“Is that a giant frying pan?” Wandering near the harbor of colorful Camogli Italy, a behemoth had apparently left his kitchen dishes lying about. While I have seen some enormous roadside statues in...
View ArticleItalian Hill Towns – Beautiful Places to Stay in Tuscany
Irresistible. Mesmerizing. Addictive. Italy weaves a magical spell on travelers. The food, the wine, the friendly people, the culture, the history, but none so entrancing as the Italian hill towns of...
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