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Italy Travel – Milan – Photo of the Day
I love wandering around the streets of Italy and taking in snippets of everyday life. On my recent stay in Milan, I stopped for a moment to capture this scene. What are your thoughts? I’d love to hear your feedback, … Continue reading
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Travel in Italy – Photos from Positano
I’ve been in Positano now for five days and I don’t think I could ever get tired of waking up to the views like these. I am here to write. I’m hoping to complete the first draft of my novel, … Continue reading
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Tagged Amalfi Coast, inspiration, Italian culture, Italian Experience, Italian food, Italian lifestyle, Italians, Italy, Italy Photos, Italy travel, margieinitaly, novel, novel writing, Positano, solo travel, travel, trip to italy, visit italy, writing
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Giardini-Naxos: Where the Locals Go in Sicily
The small seaside Sicilian town of Giardini-Naxos is not well-known but it is situated on the Ionian Sea, just below the very popular resort city of Taormina. It is a beautiful stretch of beach and has lots of great reasonably … Continue reading
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Tagged GIARDINI-NAXOS, Italian culture, Italian culture and lifestyle, Italian Experience, Italy, Italy Photos, Italy travel, margieinitaly, photo of the day, photography, Photos, Sicily, Taormina, travel, travel planning, travel writing, trip to italy, visit italy
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Italy Photo of the Day
I am always drawn to these trucks in Italy with produce for sale. These mobile fruit and vegetable stations are especially convenient in small towns. This one is in Riposto, a small commune on the eastern coast of Sicily. This … Continue reading
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Tagged Italian culture, Italian culture and lifestyle, Italian Experience, Italians, Italy, Italy Photos, Italy travel, photo of the day, photography, pic of the day, Riposto, Sicily, trip to italy, visit italy
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Traveling to Positano
As I mentioned in a recent blog post I am returning to Italy this fall and of course am thrilled making travel plans and just thinking about it. My destination is Positano, and for the first time, I will stay … Continue reading
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Tagged Amalfi Coast, Gore Vidal, Hotel reservations, Huffington Post, inspiration, Italian culture, Italian culture and lifestyle, Italian Experience, Italian food, Italian lifestyle, Italians, Italy, Italy Photos, Italy travel, Keith Richards, margieinitaly, Mick Jagger, muse, Positano, songwriting, The Rolling Stones, travel, travel writing, trip to italy, visit italy, writers, writing
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Around the Corner in Verona
Verona is arguably one of the most beautiful and romantic cities in Italy. After all it is the city of Romeo and Juliet. Via Mazzini leading to the stunning Piazza delle Erbe is made of pink marble. The old Roman … Continue reading
Life in Italy
Daily life on the Amalfi Coast can be challenging, but this robust Italian smiles as he easily climbs more than three hundred steps to and from work every day. Seventy-three years young, Crescenzo is the caretaker of an abandoned castle … Continue reading
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Tagged Amalfi Coast, books, Colors of Naples and the Amalfi Coast, everyday life in italy, Italian culture, Italian culture and lifestyle, Italian Experience, Italian lifestyle, Italians, Italy, Italy travel, Life in Italy, Maiori, margieinitaly, travel, travel writing, trip to italy, visit italy
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Another Hilltop Town in Italy – Caltagirone in Sicily
A view of another hill town in Italy – This one from the Sicilian Baroque town of Caltagirone, a city of about 40,000 people. Not on the radar for too many travelers to Italy, this is one of my favorite places … Continue reading
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Tagged Caltagirone, ceramics, Sicily
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Architecture of Italy
One of the many highlights in Italy is the spectacular architecture. Not only the age of some of Italy’s monuments but the style and sheer beauty is what strikes me. Spanning almost 3000 years, Italy’s diverse architectural styles reflect the … Continue reading
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Tagged Amalfi, architecture, architecture in Italy, Colosseum, Courmayeur, Duomo, Florence, Italian Experience, Italy, Italy Photos, Italy travel, Lake Como, margieinitaly, Milan, Milan cathedral, Naples, photography, Roman architecture, travel, travel planning, travel writing, trip to italy, Udine, Venice, writing
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Sunset in Puglia ~ Polignano a Mare
Give me a sunset on the water in Italy and I think I am in Paradise! Last June I was fortunate enough to be in the right place at the right time and capture this dazzling view in the seaside … Continue reading
