american in italy – Home to Italy: An Italian American returning 'home'

No more luggage fees when I visit Florence Italy

Do you drag too much luggage with you on vacation or trips? After you purchase all those wonderful treasures, do you find there is no space in your bag to bring them home? And the fees to fly with an additonal bag can be very costly. I was recently told if my bag was over the weightContinue reading “No more luggage fees when I visit Florence Italy”

Now that I no longer take vacations, I have adventures!

going home to Italy every year is something I look forward to every year.I always visit Florence, the city that convinced me to return for a semester abroad while at Syracuse University. As all college students I had gone through the shock of moving away to a town where I knew almost no one, butContinue reading “Now that I no longer take vacations, I have adventures!”

Tell Rick Steves you need more than 3 pairs of underwear on a trip!

I love Rick Steves and take his books with me when I travel to Italy. But I have to tell Rick that you NEED more than 3 pairs of underwear on a trip longer than a week! I packed carefully for my most recent trip Home To Italy this October. Everything coordinated and everything couldContinue reading “Tell Rick Steves you need more than 3 pairs of underwear on a trip!”

Finding and Visiting Our Family Village

I have threatened my family that I was going to find and visit Petina for the past 3 years. Other relatives have visited by car, but I had hoped to take the train and taxi to this small town.Little did I know that there IS NOT TRAIN OR TAXI. You can take the bus fromContinue reading “Finding and Visiting Our Family Village”

Even nuns have a bad day sometimes…..

I am traveling in Italy for 30 days and this is not a glamor trip. While doing several other projects, see other posts, I am trying to see if I can do Italy on 100 a day. NO not 100 dollars, 100 euors and it is difficult. So I am staying in convent hotels inContinue reading “Even nuns have a bad day sometimes…..”

Italy on 100 a day, Ha!

Do you mean $100.00 a day or 100 Euros a day? Remember the Frommer travel books that showed you on the summer before or after college graduation, how to travel for 3 weeks to all the countries in Western Europe for $50.00 a day? I took that trip my junior year with two other girlsContinue reading “Italy on 100 a day, Ha!”

Villa Rental In Umbria and Olive Picking/Pressing near Pisa and learning Italian in Todi!

I am going Home To Italy after more than 18 months since my last visit. It is like a fix, chocolate, wine, face book, something that completes your day and enhances your life.While talking with a stranger about Italy I was amazed that they understood how addictive Italy can be. Almost from the time youContinue reading “Villa Rental In Umbria and Olive Picking/Pressing near Pisa and learning Italian in Todi!”

Food in Italy a Good 4 letter word! Have you tried any of these?

A recent post on FB from Venere listed a number of restaurants and pubs in the Campania area of Italy(south of Naples and all the way to Salerno+). I was interested in this because I had lived in Sorrento Solo for 3 months while assessing if I could really live in Italy as an Italian. SinceContinue reading “Food in Italy a Good 4 letter word! Have you tried any of these?”

What was that cheese? Food In Italy is all Important.

An article I found on Sorrento Info. A great group of travel professonals in Sorrentol.The generously allowed me to use their office a few days while living in Sorrento. Kind and generous and a great source of accomdations and other info. Be sure to see their web cam in the center of Sorrento. You willContinue reading “What was that cheese? Food In Italy is all Important.”