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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

Christmas Eve in Italy

Christmas Eve in Italy

Christmas Eve in Italy is a day full of food and traditions. In this post, I outlined a typical Italian Christmas Eve: what happens hour by hour. First of all, remember that the Christmas Eve dinner in Italy is meatless: we can only eat fish. But we can certainly eat...

The Yellow Simposio: Italian Winter recipes

The Yellow Simposio: Italian Winter recipes

This Simposio is a winter Italian cookbook. We will explore winter on the peninsula through the most delicious Italian Winter recipes. For you, from Italy: winter comfort food, seasonal traditions, places in Rome, and cultural insights. ITALIAN WINTER RECIPES: COMFORT...

forest bathing

forest bathing

the art of forest bathing: a slow living meditation practice from Japan     You know when you find out about something that sounds profoundly familiar? Maybe you had heard about it before. Or maybe it is...

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