Italy

Call them loggias, call them porticos or call them courtyards.  Call them what you will. But hiding behind doorways of giant magnitude is sometimes a world unto its own. By now, you should know that I have a fetish for…

I had found Nan McElroy’s site Living Venice, a few years back while searching for other blogs about Italy. Nan lives in Venice, a favorite city of mine, and captures it beautifully in her blog. We had occassionally conversed through…

Well, we are here. Finally! Had plane troubles, had to de-board plane and wait for another, left almost 4 hours late. We got to Rome airport and found out none of the trains were working- so we blew our money…

I read the book Angels and Demons after I returned from Italy and our visit to Rome.  As I was reading, I wanted to shoot myself because most of the fabulous churches, bridges and architecture were right under our nose in…

In the Italian language, mangia is a command that means eat.  Mothers tell their son's mangia, wives tell their husbands mangia and servers in trattorie tell their guests mangia,mangia! So, who am I to disobey?  No, not this Italophile. Some of…

Every once in a while a book comes along that grabs me- one that I don't want to put down, that I want to get through. This was one of those books.  This was one of those times. A Vineyard…

Is it any wonder that I have Italy on my mind, when I am exactly one month from being on a plane to Rome? Here's a slide show of our last visit to Rome- it might help explain why it's…

Lenora Boyle, Transformation Coach and Option Method Trainer is hosting an Italian Retreat for Women.  I thought you would all be a great audience for her, since most of you who read the blog are women, who love to travel…

As you may know, one of my dreams/goals is to move to Italy.  I often imagine what my life would be like over in Italy.  And having the vivid imagination that I do, my dreams are often fillied with scenarios…