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Making Friends at the Pasticceria
We spent Sunday afternoon wandering around the Brera neighborhood in central Milan, having a lovely little lunch, visiting an art museum (more on that later), and re-visiting a gelato shop we liked from our last trip to Milan. Then, on our way back to the
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The Milan Metro’s Colorful Handrails
Getting around in an unfamiliar city can be tough to get used to, especially when you don’t speak the language. If a city has a subway system, it’s likely that it’s the most efficient and most inexpensive mode of transportation – bu
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Bargello in Florence
The Bargello might have once been a prison, but by telling you to visit the Bargello in Florence I’m not saying you should commit a crime and get yourself arrested. Actually, I’m advocating that you visit an excellent museum of sculpture.
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Getting Lost in Venice in February
When I first arrived back in Venice on this trip, I dropped my bags off at my hotel and went right back out to wander and get myself lost. I’m not usually the type who likes getting lost – I’m the navigator in my family, and I really pref
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The Chef Died in Venice
It’s a very good thing that Venice is exactly the kind of place you’d want to get lost, because it’s a bloody easy thing to do in this city. So, before I set out for dinner my first night back in Venice, I got out the three different cit
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Italian Men Told to Keep Their Hands off Genitals – Their Own
It’s Sunday night in Italy and I’ve just spent the day in Torino (which I’ll write about later), but I couldn’t let the day pass without popping in here momentarily to share a news story I saw the other day. It’s short, so you
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Ostello Venezia: The Only HI Hostel in Venice
Venice is not a city of hostels. It’s not a city with any nightlife to speak of, or one that stays “open” until all hours. But it’s still on the agenda of most backpackers making their way through Europe – even the o
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Al Mascaron Osteria in Venice
If you’ve ever been traveling and had one of those “off” days, where the things you tried to plan didn’t quite work out and you’re feeling a bit discouraged, then all you need to set things right is a good day to follow it. He
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San Bernardino alle Ossa: Milan’s Bone Church
If you’ve been following along, you know that I have an odd fascination with what I call “bone churches.” Before my first trip to Italy, I had heard about a crypt in Rome that was decorated with the bones of thousands of dead Cappuchin mo
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Italy Travel Deals from Multiple Sources in One Place
When you’re planning a vacation, it’s likely that you’ll be looking at several different websites trying to find the best travel deals to Italy. And since you’ll probably be hunting for more than just airplane tickets you might want
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Two Websites to Make Your Venice Visit Easier
During my last trip to Venice, I was reminded of two things – first, addresses in Venice are nearly useless; and second, the Venetian dialect is not Italian. Thankfully, I found two websites which help with these issues.
Addresses in Venice may make
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CioccolaTÒ: Turin’s Chocolate Festival
So, it’s pretty well established that I like Italy. In addition to Italy, I’m also a fan of chocolate (like, what, 99% of the world population or something?), so when you put the words “chocolate” and “Italy” in the same
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Hotel Astoria: Centrally-Located Budget Hotel in Venice
If all you’ve got is a short time to visit Venice, you probably want your hotel to be as close to the main sights as possible. The problem with that idea is that in Venice that often means paying through the nose for a hotel room. Luckily f
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Venice Discount Cards and Passes
Venice ain’t cheap. It’s also a city with no off-season – it’s a year-round tourist destination. This means that anything you can do to save a bit of money is worth looking into. There are several passes and cards which you can buy
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Becoming a Regular
For some reason, when I travel I like to get it in my head that visiting the same (fill in the blank) twice in one visit makes me a regular. It could be a news stand, cafe, restaurant, clothing shop – whatever. If I go more than once I feel like the
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Menu Tips to Help You Order in Restaurants in Italy
Lucky for those of us who speak English as our native language, most menus in restaurants in Italy will have plenty of things that look completely familiar from the Italian restaurants you’ve eaten in back home. We all know what spaghetti, ravioli, l
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Sleeping Cheap in Rome
Finding a place to sleep in Rome is not the trouble. There are so many hotels in Rome that finding a vacant bed, even in the high season, probably won’t be an issue. Finding a bed that doesn’t cost you an arm and a leg, on the other h
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Bergamo: A Great Day-Trip from Milan
The small city of Bergamo is an easy day-trip from Milan, especially because the part of Bergamo that you’ll want to visit is even smaller. The city is divided into two parts – the old high city, or “alta città,” and the newe
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Wandering Milan’s Brera and Navigli Neighborhoods
Milan isn’t known for its quiet and picturesque neighborhoods – you know, the kind that seem ideal for just ambling along aimlessly, preferably with a gelato in hand, strolling from from shop window to shop window and sighing constantly. This
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Aperitivo in Italy: How to Eat for Free (Kind Of)
The concept of “Happy Hour” might not seem very Italian, and in fact it’s not – but it’s an idea that’s catching on in some of Italy’s bigger cities in the form of something the Italians call “Aperitivo,” and
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