New here? Subscribe to my RSS feed – http://feeds.feedburner.com/MsAdventuresinItaly or receive email updates! I’m on Twitter as @rossoAfter the post on a Wedding in Tuscany, I promised to show you what happens when the bride and groom come out of the church. At the bottom of this post I’ve listed who won the Pocket [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Discovering Italy'
Italian Weddings: Greeting the Bride and Groom with Rice, Pasta and Confetti
June 16th, 2009 · No Comments
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Rome from the Back of a Vintage Vespa Scooter
April 22nd, 2009 · 16 Comments
When I lived in Rome, I spent a lot of time on the back of a motorino, scooter. Mainly because I didn’t have a car, most people I knew didn’t have one, either, and those that had a form of transportation had a motorino. The lucky ones had a Vespa.
So if you were getting a [...]
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Visit Trastevere, Rome in Early Morning
March 24th, 2009 · 28 Comments
Friday and Saturday nights in Roman neighborhood Trastevere are extremely busy. So much so that when I actually lived there I rarely was able to sleep in the summer/fall months. Groups stay in Trastevere drinking and carousing until early hours below the windows of people who actually live there. For this reason, it was always [...]
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Lo Zingaro Nature Reserve in Sicily
November 24th, 2008 · 12 Comments
I haven’t written much about my trip to Sicily this summer, though I have lots of Sicily posts from last year’s trip. It’s also a special torture for me to write this as the first snow is hitting the ground here in Milan.
Last year, there were many wildfires and so we were unable to go [...]
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Fighting Fires with Canadair Planes in Puglia’s Gargano, Italy
September 25th, 2008 · 11 Comments
During the summer I am destined to be surrounded by wildfires. California had a particularly busy summer while I was there, last summer in Sicily was marred by smoky skies, and this year while I was in Puglia, there were more wildfires. (Feed readers, you’ll want to click through the site to see the video [...]
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