Traveling to Italy in Books
It’s been a while (two years, actually) since I’ve offered a little roundup of books about Italy that I recommend. Not long ago I reviewed “My Two Italies,” by Joseph Luzzi, and I received lots of...
View ArticleThe Definitive Guide for the Permesso di Soggiorno
There is so much to love about living in Italy: the food, the art, the history, the weather, the scenery. “The bureaucracy,” however, is conspicuously absent from this list. As any expat can tell you,...
View ArticleSolo Travel in Italy
Ciao a tutti! Today I’m pleased to bring back my friend Victoria De Maio for a second guest post. We’ve been friends online for a while, but back in May of last year we got to hang out in Rome for a...
View ArticleBest Italy Blogs for 2015
Improbably, my blog has once again stumbled its way onto Italy Magazine’s prestigious list of best Italy blogs. I had thought last year’s win was a fluke, perhaps some glitch in the voting system that...
View ArticleRick’s Italy Blog Tour 2015
Once upon a time, just traveling cross-country was a labor-intensive task and a logistical challenge, to say the least. It required months of planning, tons of equipment, and several strong horses,...
View ArticleUna Lettera dalla Florida
A few years ago I took a course in creative writing in Italian at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton. It was given by my friend, Professor Emanule Pettener, an accomplished fiction writer, who...
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