Wandering the hilly, narrow cobblestone streets in our home base of Montalcino, Italy, a Medieval city of interlocking passageways, steps and alleyways curving around and through and behind and beyond the main square, I reminded myself I was walking through …
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Terror on the Cinque Terre by Robert Fertig
On the Italian Riviera is the Cinque Terre. Isolated, feared, romantic, for centuries untouched by the world and held in awe by all who have traversed the ancient Sentiero Azzurro (narrow footpath) which links the five (cinque) remote villages of …
Sardinia: The Most Undiscovered Part of Italy by Linda Oatman
I’m at the Convent of San Giuseppe, devouring a sinfully delicious meal, candlelight flickering upon castle-like marble and stone and beams. This is Sardinia, Italy, and today is my 50th birthday. It’s a luminous starry night in late April, and …
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Florence, Italy: Food, Art, and Wanderings by Nell Raun-Linde
Two weeks in Florence, Italy. What a luxury! Instead of whizzing through the Uffizi, the Duomo, the marketplaces and piazzas, there would be time to savor this city of the Renaissance. The luxury came about because my friend, Sue, …
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Under The Tuscan Table by Kregg P.J. Jorgenson
The Co-Op in Siena was well stocked and what we had in our shopping basket and the prices for the items had us grinning. There was a quarter kilo of provincial prosciutto, a plump Tuscan cantaloupe, a chunk of Parmigiano …
A Day in San Gimigiano by Andrea Granahan
I was staying in a castle in Tuscany. The week’s lodging also included a tiny Fiat so I could explore all the backroads and ancient villages of Tuscany and Umbria. Pietro, the faithful security guard at the castle, saw me …
Postcard Perfect? by Kregg P.J. Jorgenson
The postcard was of the Spanish Steps in Rome and it showed a brightly colored tranquil and pleasant scene. Five or six seemingly happy or contented people were sitting or lounging around the famed broad steps in the mid-day gold, …
Bella Italia by Wilbert Bonné
The Giro d’Italia started Saturday May 10th with a time trial of 28,5 kilometres in and around Palermo. One day later another group of cyclists left Palermo for their own Giro, called “La Bella Italia”. Cyclists from France, Denmark, Switzerland, …
Corsica: Strange and Lovely by Nancy S. Tardy
Indigo ink washed over the black sky each morning awakening the Mediterranean island of Corsica. My last memory of the previous night was the barking of the three-legged dog protecting her stoop across the narrow alley-street in the old town …
When in Rome? by Kregg P.J. Jorgenson
Our tour guide in Rome was sadly misinformed. Get this- according to her the ancient Romans didn?t speak English, they spoke Latin! Tsk, tsk, tsk! Silly girl. So, what about Cleopatra?? I asked as we moved amongst the ruined temples, …
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