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Featured Photo Friday | Floodlit Rome

Posted on May 25, 2012 by

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FREE Audio Walking Tours For Italy

Posted on April 7, 2012 by
Rome Italy

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Everyone loves a good deal. Here is my pick for best deal of the summer!  Rick Steves has a comprehensive collection of FREE audio walking tours which I highly recommend.  Many places like Pompeii have poor guides and so-so information … Continue reading →

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Reasons Traveling with Kids is Cool

Posted on March 13, 2012 by

If I had a dollar for every time someone told me I was crazy to take my toddler to Italy by myself I would have never come back.  “You are wasting your money; she will never remember anything.  She will be a … Continue reading →

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Winter in Italy | Record Snowfall in Rome

Posted on February 6, 2012 by
Courtesy of Mail Online and EPA

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The cold weather and snow in Italy has kept the country in the news over the last few days.  Meanwhile, I sit in Idaho staring at brown grass.  Strange how we have not had any snow this year while my … Continue reading →

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Top Ten: Things actually heard or done while on tour in Italy

Posted on January 24, 2012 by
On tour in Vernazza

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When I was taking small groups on tour in Italy, I learned to never be too surprised at what I overheard.  Some funny, some unbelievable but all entertaining.  I can laugh at this even more knowing I have an entire list dedicated to … Continue reading →

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Rome is Falling – Beware of a Zombie Apocalypse

Posted on January 16, 2012 by
The Venerable Bede

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If the predictions are right, we better live it up because the world is slotted to end this year. We’ve all heard about 2012 marking the end of the world as we know it, but where did all this dooms … Continue reading →

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Italy in the News: The Colosseum is falling, saving lives in church, bringing Mona Lisa home and more

Posted on December 31, 2011 by

Headlines from December 25-31 (ANSA) – Priests at the Pistoia Cathedral in Tuscany may soon be saving more than just souls as the church became the first in Italy outfitted with a heart defibrillator on Thursday….Read More (ANSA) – Premier Mario Monti … Continue reading →

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