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Paddle boarding in Tuscany
SUP in Tuscany at Lido di Camaiore If you love SUP, and the Italian sea, as I do, you'll be glad to know that it's now common to find SUP at Italy's beach towns. After five months of cold it suddenly turned warm enough on April 15 to switch to summer clothes and by April 21 I was paddle boarding in the sea, out of Lido di Camaiore (a beach town on the part of the northern
Read MoreEpicurean Italy Giveaway– Enter to Win
Got a passion for Italian food, Rome, and cocktails? I'm offering an Epicurean Italy book giveaway for the anniversary of the publication of my book. Win two fabulous foodie-focused books! Scroll down below the text to find the place to enter the giveaway. Must have an address in the USA to enter. After entering you will be shown ways to share the info, for more
Read MoreTuscan Chocolate Festivals
March is Italian chocolate madness month and I’ve become a chocolate devotee in Italy. I went racing over to Florence in early March simply because a chocolate festival was happening there, in the lovely Piazza Santissima Annuziata. Toward the end of March we had one here in Lucca, in charming Piazza San Frediano. At these festivals you will find Italian artisanal chocolate
Read MoreWhy I Risked Everything to Buy an Apartment in Florence
A personal essay Not long ago I woke up and was fifty years old, with more than half my life already lived. Divorced, and without kids, essentially alone, I decided to follow my lifelong dream of living in Italy, but to do so, I had to “dare greatly” as Dr. Brené Brown calls it. I’d been in love with the city of Florence since age nineteen when I backpacked around
Read MoreTuscany off the beaten path: The Svizzera Pesciatina
Google the Svizzera Pesciatina and not much will show up. These small stone villages are in the hills above Pescia, and I'd not heard of them until I started living in Lucca. My recent visit to them sure felt like Tuscany off the beaten path. Pescia, a simple tow east of Lucca, suffered quite a bit of damage in World War II, and it's not on the tourist track. Above Pescia,
Read MoreWhat you don’t know about Italian rental properties
Are you thinking of moving to Italy and renting a house/apartment? Are you wondering if your house in Italy will be just like the peach colored villa under a warm Tuscan sun you saw in a movie? After the popularity of my post on the challenges of buying property in Italy, I decided to write this post about Italian rental properties, aimed at advising people what to expect
Read MoreWhat you don’t know about buying property in Italy
Are you a North American thinking about buying property in Italy? Don't go into it thinking it's similar to the process the in U.S. If you are coming from the US, and used to going around with one realtor of your choice, who spends her time (not yours) finding a slew of properties to show you, who spends her time (not yours) setting up the appointments, and who picks you
Read MoreFinding Happiness with a Move to Florence
I am pleased to add this interview to my Taking the Plunge series Sophie Charlotte flourished in ways she never dreamed of after a move to Florence: When did you move to Florence, and what motivated you to make the move? I turned my long distance relationship with Italy into a long-term commitment in 2010, and I chose Florence. Florence has always represented
Read MoreA Glamorous Seaside Town and its Christmas Market
Forte dei Marmi is one of Italy's most glamorous seaside towns. It's located on the part of the Tuscan coast called Versilia and around about the 1980s it started becoming a summer destination for the rich and famous. In the town you'll find trendy boutiques, and expensive restaurants frequented by nouveau riche Russians. Locals, in understated elegance often are
Read MoreWhere to Have The Most Magical Christmas Eve
Christmas in Italy On Christmas Eve in the village of Abbadia San Salvatore I felt like Lucy walking through the wardrobe. It was like I had entered a place of magical forest folk from pre-Christian times, as I walked the ancient twisting pathways of this mountain town during its bonfire festival. (Called Fiaccole della Notte di Natale in Italian.) The night begins at 6:00
Read MoreItaly Magazine Awards
Update to post below: I won! A heartfelt mille grazie for your nominations and your votes. What a great way to celebrate the blogs by people who adore bella Italia! Have a look here to see all the winners. Fun News! A post of mine is in the running for Italy Magazine's annual award for Best General Individual Post of the Year. I'm thrilled to be part of this annual event
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