New here? Check out “Best Of” for some top posts, subscribe to my RSS feed - http://feeds.feedburner.com/MsAdventuresinItaly or receive email updates!I was meeting up with some friends from the UK who were in Puglia for a holiday, staying in Bari, and Trani was a wonderful compromise! We decided to mix in a little sightseeing [...]

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One of my favorite experiences during vacation was going to the beach at Mattinatella, in the Parco Nazionale del Gargano in Puglia, Italy. Other than the beautiful beach, the water was great and though I sometimes miss the waves of a raging ocean, it’s nice to float and swim for hours as if I was [...]

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I’ve been spending time in Puglia, in the Manfredonia and Gargano areas this past week, delving into places I have no right to enter, and accosting strangers to share secrets and delicious aspects of life that I enjoy here in Puglia.
It’s funny, but I’ve found that since I started to get more interested in [...]

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It’s funny the things that make you nostalgic.
It’s sticky hot here in Milan, and for the first time I won’t be going back to California for the summer. This time four years ago, I had already left California for Italy, and I made a pit stop in Spain since I had never been there. [...]

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UPDATE: I posted so quickly, I forgot my purpose for doing it today - to make it in time for Meeta’s Birthday Bash over at What’s For Lunch, Honey! I know everyone else is making sweets and desserts, but someone has to make a light meal before you devour the treats! Happy belated birthday, Meeta.
So [...]

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What is a farrata, you may ask? It’s a type of rustico, a savory pastry and this one is eaten only at Carnevale time. The farrata is apparently native to Manfredonia, and is called such because it is full of farro, spelt (what is spelt?).
Maybe some of you are deep in your quaresima, lent, and [...]

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[Readers without Borders] Check out my mini-review of John Maeda’s Laws of Simplicity at RWB since I attended his talk this week in Milan.
[Umbria Jazz] Starting lineup for this year’s festival in July is out now on their site.

Innovation in Italy has a Name……and thy name is Carnevale.
Continuing my coverage on Carnevale in Manfredonia, [...]

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UPDATE: Just in case my “wonderful” plugin slideshow isn’t working on my site, you can click through to the Flickr slideshow of the children here.
The best part about Carnevale this year was walking around taking pictures of everyone waiting for the parade to start. I mentioned that one of the most popular parts of [...]

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