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Italian World Channel’s CEO Enrico Beltramini talks to us at AlwaysOn this week about “all things Italian.” “We in Italy are very romantic and charming,” he says. Beauty,design, travel, lifestyle and love. They also have a Books and Blues section,…

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Carl Honore is hosting a slow retreat from October 11th to 18th 2009 in Italy at a renovated 17th-century farmhouse set in 20 acres of farm and woodland in the rolling hills of Umbria. The retreat is designed for people…

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So right now list the three places that you say you’re never going to visit because they are too touristy or too Americanized or too crowded.   Then gently call yourself an idiot and plan to go to at least one of them in the next few years.
For me it was  1.) Paris  2.) the Vatican  [...]

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It’s easy to visit Rome and do nothing but look at ruins, and ruins of ruins, and museums full of ruins, especially if it’s your first time. Someone or some guidebook will tell you that you should also see Rome as the Romans live it, and will suggest you visit the Trastevere neighborhood (pronounced tras-TEH-ve-ray), [...]

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Rome early this year.   It rained more than not, in that Seattle, London drizzle kind of way; those misty skies you thought would never make a clearing for blue sky and sun. Despite the drizzle, the city loomed of color, history and culture around every corner, including cafes that drew you in for a strong [...]

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One of the things that gives me so much pleasure about going back to Italy IS in fact sheer pleasure. And if I had to choose a second, it would be design and design in multiple ways, not design the…

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I recently landed in Italy from London for some R&R and architectural discovery. Okay, and yes a bit of beach sand as well. The wind along the northern Sardinian coast of Gallura constantly moves, its energy ever apparent. The air…

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In case you’re thinking me “stereotypical” after my recent post, I may as well continue. All of this insight is based on thirty years of experience and observation. Using that as a basis, additional thoughts here: 1. They buy you…

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The thing about European men……………….have you ever felt something so strongly that you just have to share it regardless of the response it may provoke. This is one of those things. Will it offend? Perhaps. As I was walking, eating…

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A reader asks: I have been reading your blogs after doing a search for travel advice. They are definitely interesting and it sounds like a good time. I’m traveling to Finland for business the last week of October but want…

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