A wonderful thing about the end of April and the beginning of May in Italy are two holidays – April 25, La Festa della Liberazione (Liberation Day) and 1 May, Labour Day. If you’re unlucky, both of these days, being six days apart, will fall on days like Wednesday. If it’s a lucky *leap* year, [...]

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Sorry I haven’t put up a “meaty” post in a few days – I am busy finishing up my hosting duties as host for Does My Blog Look Good in This? April 2008! Tomorrow, April 25th is the last day you can send your picture in! Please read my post about the requirements. I should [...]

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Last year on this day, there was no Earth Day post. Instead, I was busy migrating my site to this domain, msadventuresinitaly.com. Some posts and sites I noticed yesterday for Earth Day! Scroll down to see who won the comment giveaway! Intelligent Travel’s Earth Day Every Day post National Geographic has a Green Guide magazine [...]

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Update: Barbara has extended the deadline to participate until April 27th! I don’t normally post on a Saturday, but this is no ordinary Saturday. In a few minutes, I’ll be leaving on a fast train (not a jet plane) to go to Florence, where some 30-odd expats will be getting together just for the heck [...]

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This recipe started with a bran muffin. Some days I crave a bran muffin, its texture and chewiness, and dark, almost molasses-like insides. But I didn’t have any bran around and a bran muffin is impossible to find in Italy. But I did have farina di castagne, chestnut flour (note: this is not chestnut puree). [...]

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