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5 Post-Pandemic Places to Travel in Italy

by Dianne Hales | Jun 1, 2021 | Books, books on Italy, Italian, Italy, Travel, Tuscany, Umbria, Web/Tech, Weblogs

A guest post by travel writer Mins (Lukas) Savela Wondering where to go in Italy if you were to travel there right now? Escape the crowds and head to the mountains for some backcountry explorations, or try long-distance walks in the rolling countryside, or take on...

The Passionate Patron Saint of Italy–and Italian

by Dianne Hales | Sep 29, 2020 | Books, books on Italy, creche, history, Italian language, Italy, Language, Religion, saints, Travel, Umbria, Web/Tech, Weblogs

October 4 marks the feast of San Francesco (St. Francis), born in Assisi in 1182,  the son of a prosperous textile merchant.  Young Francesco, the ringleader of a band of hard-drinking, carousing young men, seemed an unlikely candidate for salvation — let alone...

Tasting Passion in Italian Wine

by Dianne Hales | Nov 5, 2019 | Books, books on Italy, culture, Food and Drink, history, Italy, Language, Travel, Tuscany, Umbria, Web/Tech, Weblogs, wine

The warm days of early November –- known as Indian summer in the United States –- are called “l’estate di San Martino” (the summer of St. Martin) in Italy. Wine producers celebrate the  saint’s feast on November 11 by uncorking the vino novello (new wine) from...

Italy’s Passion for Wine

by Dianne Hales | Jul 2, 2019 | Books, books on Italy, Food and Drink, history, Italy, Language, Travel, Umbria, Web/Tech, Weblogs, wine

My husband and I own a vine in Umbria. Not a vineyard, but a single vine (row 11, number 18), in Vigna Lorenzo at  Monte Vibiano Vecchio. Since centuries before the birth of Christ, grapes have grown in this field, sheltered from harsh winds, its soil rich and its air...
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