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life in Italy

Here you’ll find pictures, home life, travel adventures, cooking challenges, beauty and art from my life in Rome, Italy

How’s life in Italy today?

There’s a lot of grocery shopping, a lot of cooking, beauty and art everywhere, and a lot of traditions.
Here you’ll find my little adventures, everyday life pics, and the blog posts about Italy’s way of life, at least the one I witness.

LIFE IN ITALY PICS FROM MY JOURNALING ON THE ITALIAN COLORS NEWSLETTER:

life in Italy: CHRISTMAS IN ROME

SALENTO BEACHES

venice

PLANTING BASIL

EXPLORING FLORENCE

ROME IS CROWDED

maremma

ART IN VIA MARGUTTA

life in Italy: CHRISTMAS IN ROME

CHRISTMAS IN ROME

venice

CHRISTMAS IN VENICE

EXPLORING FLORENCE

EXPLORING FLORENCE

maremma

MAREMMA

life in Italy: PUGLIA TRULLI

PUGLIA

life in italy: fried mussels

FRIED MUSSELS

life in Italy: aperitivo

APERITIVO WITH A VIEW

life in Italy: Matera

MATERA

more pics from my life in rome

I have a page where I gather daily life in Rome pics, journaling and thoughts.

life in Italy: THERMAL SPRINGS

THERMAL SPRINGS

home life in Rome: VAL D'ORCIA

VAL D’ORCIA

life in Rome: PROSECCO LAND

PROSECCO LAND

life in Rome: VENEZIA

VENEZIA

MORE PICS AND STORIES

ON THE ITALIAN COLORS NEWSLETTER

life in Italy blog posts

About the Pizzica dance, Taranta, Tarantate and the women of Puglia

About the Pizzica dance, Taranta, Tarantate and the women of Puglia

This writing about the Pizzica dance, Taranta, Tarantate and the women of Puglia is from the Lecce's Simposio, a recipe, travel, and culture book made in Italy.The story of a tarantataLet me tell you a story... We are in a small town in Salento in the early 1930s....

FLORENCE’S SIMPOSIO: A SINFUL FLORENTINE TRAVEL COOKBOOK

FLORENCE’S SIMPOSIO: A SINFUL FLORENTINE TRAVEL COOKBOOK

Florence's Simposio is a travel cookbook from Italy with the city's traditional and authentic recipes and my favorite Renaissance Florentines. Men and women, sinners, anachronistically flung in Dante's Inferno and then celebrated with tasty menus. Because in their...

Matera, Basilicata, Italy

Matera, Basilicata, Italy

Welcome to Matera, Basilicata, the city of Sassi, bread, intimate relationships, shame, traditions, history, delicious recipes, and mysticism.

A TUSCAN BARBECUE DECALOGUE

A TUSCAN BARBECUE DECALOGUE

In this post, I’ll share with you a sort of decalogue of the perfect summer Tuscan barbecue that I wrote for the Italian Colors Newsletter.

Taranto, Puglia, Italy

Taranto, Puglia, Italy

In this post, I’ll share with you what Taranto is known for, what to see, and what to eat in this little-known, greatly rich in culture, Puglia travel destination.

Wild Boar in Italy

Wild Boar in Italy

Today, inspired by Maremma’s Simposio, we will explore “cinghiale”, wild boar, culture in Italy: Italian recipes, iconic dishes, city encounters, and the countryside culture.

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