Rome’s Spring Bucket List: cool things to do in Rome this Spring
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Carnival in Rome
As soon as Christmas euphoria is over, the streets of Rome become colorful Macchiaioli style canvases.
la befana Italian Christmas traditions
Story, origins, and stocking for La Befana Italian Christmas tradition. La Befana is an Italian witch that brings candies and charcoal…
Italy’s zampognari
You have Christmas singers and we have Zampognari.
Italian Christmas presepe
Unfortunately, the Italian Christmas Presepe is a fading tradition.I admire those who won’t abandon it for more “modern” alternatives – or at all. Setting up a rural landscape, paying attention to every tiny detail, and involving the whole...
Italian Christmas tree traditions
when and why Italians put up and decorate their Christmas trees
Ferragosto in Rome when you live there
Ferragosto in Rome: what it looks like from a local point of view. Does it ever happen to you to wake up very early on a Sunday morning and find yourself startled by the surreal scenario: desert streets, not a car, not a movement, not a sound? That’s...