Tag: italy
group name: travel
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November 16, 2009 06:01 PM EST --
There’s a curious gullibility that allows some people to believe that myths or stories are real. How else can you describe the behavior of visitors to Verona, Italy?
Everyday . . .
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June 08, 2008 03:38 PM EDT --
The cities of the Italian region of Emilia Romagna, Parma, Bologna, and Reggio Emilia, are all on the flat agricultural plain south of Milan, which produces some of the most famous food . . .
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March 31, 2009 02:55 PM EDT --
This is more of my husband's trip to Venice, Riccione and San Marino in 2007. A repost. But great visuals for any time of year, any kind of weather.
Spectacular VENICE - photo essay . . .
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April 17, 2007 08:54 PM EDT --
Venice has some of the greatest Renaissance art anywhere on planet Earth. Or so I'm told, You couldn't prove it by me. The pictures and sculpture are pretty, but I'm not equipped to appreciate . . .
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May 24, 2007 01:40 PM EDT --
I have been to Italy twice so far in my relatively young life. Each time was an entirely different experience. The first time I went was when I was in high school with my older sister, Vicki, who had . . .
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October 13, 2009 03:02 PM EDT --
100 Places in Italy Every Woman Should Go
By Susan Van Allen
The author says that her book 100 Places in Italy Every Woman Should Go shines the "spotlight on goddesses, the . . .
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June 30, 2008 12:03 AM EDT --
San Marino, known as the Most Serene Republic of San Marino , (Serenissima Repubblica di San Marino ), is a tiny, landlocked enclave of only 25 square miles, nestled deep within in the Appennine . . .
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March 14, 2008 03:46 PM EDT --
One of my favorite paintings in the world is Caravaggio's The Calling of St. Matthew . Now located in San Luigi dei Francesi near the Pantheon and Piazza Navona, this and two . . .
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October 27, 2009 03:13 AM EDT --
Greetings everyone!
If you've wondered where I've been, or, in case you may begin to wonder, I've accepted an assignment from EDGE Publications, and an invitation from the Italian Government and the . . .
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May 24, 2007 05:38 AM EDT --
My wife works in the travel industry. She is organised. She makes lists and timetables and she keeps to them. She anticipates everything that can go wrong and she makes sure she can avoid or fix each one. . . .
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October 06, 2007 07:55 PM EDT --
My brother, sister-in-law (SIL) and I woke up early the morning of September 16 in our closet of a hotel room to catch the bus to the Beauvais Airport. We were at the airport by 7:20. . . .
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June 28, 2008 07:16 PM EDT --
Part 1
My husband's trip to Italy Part 1 - SPECTACULAR Venezia
Part 3
My husband's trip to Italy Part 3 - The mountains and castle of San Marino
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May 23, 2007 02:40 PM EDT --
When I was first able to speak, my great grandfather sat me on his knee to teach me to count to ten in Italian. When he and my great grandmother immigrated to Chicago from small towns in Italy . . .
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August 21, 2007 04:58 PM EDT --
We've all got our secrets. Most of mine are better whispered, but that's because they're in Italian --Ancona, Macerata, Ascoli Piceno in the Marche and Pescara, L'Aquila, and Teramo in . . .
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October 01, 2007 08:23 PM EDT --
This is a short essay with spectacular photos of my husband's recent trip to Italy.
Alas, I did not go, but the photos are very enjoyable.
(I have been to Italy, near Turino, 10 years . . .
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February 29, 2008 04:34 PM EST --
When I first landed in Rome, I thought, "I am home."
Many think of Rome as large, crowded, traffic-snarled. For me it was amazing to be in a place with so much art, so much history, . . .
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July 17, 2008 10:34 PM EDT --
Sniffapalooza took a group of 30 fragrance enthusiasts to explore the world of scent in Florence, Italy. Until the official recaps come in, here's our itinerary so you can see what we were up to. . . .
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September 04, 2008 08:31 PM EDT --
I've visited the Colosseum twice and it still amazes me that it is still standing today. The construction of the Colosseum began in 72 AD. These pictures are from my trip last year . . .
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October 09, 2008 01:30 AM EDT --
Now that she's settled, my daughter sent pictures of her new home in Italy. My sister and I are going over to visit sometime next year. Oh how I wish I could hop a plane and . . .
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February 20, 2009 11:01 AM EST --
My daughter and her family went to Venice last weekend to Carnivale. It's the Italian equivalent of Mardi Gras. It was their first trip to that city so they were fortunate . . .
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