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Doors, Windows and Other Details “Italian Style”

Posted on August 23, 2012 by travelpizazz | 11 Comments

Featured Writer: Victoria De Maio “To my mind, the greatest reward and luxury of travel is to be able to experience everyday things as if for the first time, to be in a position in which almost nothing is so familiar it is taken for granted.” Bill Bryson Those everyday things, when the ordinary becomes extraordinary…a door isn’t simply a…

Begging in Rome

Posted on August 11, 2012 by ashleycapes | 1 Comments

Featured Writer: Ashley Capes Obviously a 24 or so hour flight from Australia to Rome is going to be a bit of a haul. As a direct flight, there’s still a four hour stopover two thirds of the way there, which is a mixed blessing. Getting in to Dubai at 5am was nice to stretch the legs, but with four…

Take It All Off – Nothing But Travel for 2012

Posted on July 3, 2012 by rachaelruddick | 4 Comments

Featured writer: Rachael Ruddick Taking a year off from work and traveling around the world has always been on my ‘to do’ list and finally last year my husband and I, after losing an auction on a house that we weren’t entirely sure we really wanted and probably couldn’t afford anyway, decided it was now or never. A year of…

Rome – A Woman that was Once the Toast of the World

Posted on June 3, 2012 by Oregon Pilgrim | 2 Comments

Featured writer: Danielle Harris Rome. She is legendary — a woman that was once the toast of the world. Men, wide-eyed with respect, still tip their hats to her. Like a famous, aged courtesian, Rome knows she once had the nations at her feet. Her children, the Romans, remember her glory days. They’ve been raised in the spotlight. Romans have a…

Leaning Towards One of the World’s Most Recognizable Buildings

Posted on April 21, 2012 by Lesley | 1 Comments

The famous Leaning Tower of Pisa is simply a bell tower for the adjacent cathedral; cathedrals all over Italy have bell towers and many of them are leaning for one reason or another, but I’ve seen everyone else’s pictures “propping up” the Leaning Tower and I needed to have one of my own. Tourists stand in front of the tipsy…

O Mio Babbino Caro

Posted on April 20, 2012 by avedeldia | 0 Comments

Featured Writer: ave del dia Informing my mother and sister of my plans to travel to Italy solo one morning in an internet café was something I debated with. Should I tell them? Should I lie and say I’m going with friends? I knew the worries that would arise and I knew the potential of intercontinental fights that might be had over…

Limoncello: A Remedy for Italian Nostalgia

Posted on April 8, 2012 by karen@thewordshopblog | 3 Comments

Featured Writer: Karen The gloaming time at Spannocchia brings easy laughter and Limoncello, a homemade Italian lemon liqueur that delights all but the teetotalers on the multi-national guest list. Spannocchia is a diamond of a place to stay, half-buried in the Tuscan landscape just outside of Siena, Italy, where they serve their own farm-raised organic pork products, including the best…

Top Ten Travel Memories With My Dad

Posted on March 25, 2012 by onceinalifetimetravel | 1 Comments

Featured Writer: Andi Brown My dad is my great friend and to the disbelief of my old high school self, I have come to realize we are actually quite alike in personality. Except at some crucial moments when we are traveling. Over the last few years I have taught my dad the beauty and art of savoring the moment and throwing…

Roman Art Through The Eyes Of A Four Year Old

Posted on March 23, 2012 by onceinalifetimetravel | 1 Comments

A few years ago, I took my four year old daughter to the Seattle Art Museum where they were having a fantastic display of Roman art and sculpture as well as a chance to see Ghiberti’s Golden Doors before they were to be sent back to Florence forever. It was a great chance to expose her to art and history…

Civita di Bagnoregio, Italy

Posted on March 16, 2012 by onceinalifetimetravel | 1 Comments

Featured writer: Andi Brown Regally perched high atop a hill of tufa is the magical but dying town of Civita di Bagnoregio. This tiny village near Orvieto in Umbria has everything one could hope for when exploring the Italian countryside. Civita is quaint, so perfect you might wonder if you have stumbled upon a movie set and not a real village. …