Tag: italy
group name: italia
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March 16, 2008 02:35 PM EDT --
The second time we visited Rome was a completion of a past unattained want .
We've visited Italy in the summer of 97 for the first time in our lives. It wasn't by chance or out of having had . . . more
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March 14, 2008 03:46 PM EDT --
One of my favorite paintings in the world is Caravaggio's The Calling of St. Matthew . Now located in San Luigi dei Francesi near the Pantheon and Piazza Navona, this and . . . more
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February 29, 2008 04:34 PM EST --
When I first landed in Rome, I thought, "I am home."
Many think of Rome as large, crowded, traffic-snarled. For me it was amazing to be in a place with so much art, so . . . more
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May 23, 2007 02:40 PM EDT --
When I was first able to speak, my great grandfather sat me on his knee to teach me to count to ten in Italian. When he and my great grandmother immigrated to Chicago from small towns in Italy . . . more
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June 30, 2008 12:03 AM EDT --
San Marino, known as the Most Serene Republic of San Marino , (Serenissima Repubblica di San Marino ), is a tiny, landlocked enclave of only 25 square miles, nestled deep within in the Appennine . . . more
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July 20, 2008 03:38 PM EDT --
Gifts from Florence
Here's a list of the many fragrances we were gifted with by the generous companies we visited in Florence!
Ferragamo Tuscan Soul – EDT 75ml – A welcome . . . more
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October 06, 2007 07:55 PM EDT --
My brother, sister-in-law (SIL) and I woke up early the morning of September 16 in our closet of a hotel room to catch the bus to the Beauvais Airport. We were at the airport by 7:20. . . . more
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March 20, 2008 12:36 PM EDT --
Leaving Florence in our tiny red "Golf" rental car (read: Fred Flintstone pedal car with NO pickup!), my son and I headed south on the S222 into Tuscany.
After a night . . . more
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July 17, 2008 10:34 PM EDT --
Sniffapalooza took a group of 30 fragrance enthusiasts to explore the world of scent in Florence, Italy. Until the official recaps come in, here's our itinerary so you can see what we were up to. . . . more
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July 26, 2008 04:36 AM EDT --
The little I knew about Italy was its boot like shape, kicking Sicily. That must have been my first thought about it, when I studied geography in primary school. I knew some more historical facts from . . . more
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April 03, 2008 05:51 PM EDT --
I'm in love with beautiful and unusual doors. So while in Rome and the surrounding countryside I took photos of as many as I could find... Please enjoy
Assisi, Orvieto, Rome, and Tivoly . . . more
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May 29, 2008 12:28 PM EDT --
In her small room at the students dormitory of the new art academy in Milano, sat Riva Etsioni next to her samll table at the window that turned to the main inner court of that huge building, . . . more
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February 18, 2008 07:14 PM EST --
Early Friday morning we loaded into Armando's voiture avec remorque vide (car with trailer attached and empty), for our weekend voyage en Italie . The six of us, Armando, . . . more
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May 11, 2008 03:26 PM EDT --
My visit to Pompeii
As we arrived in Naples I had my first experience with an Italian city with sky scrapers...
Naples had a beautiful waterfront - with views of the egg castle...
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February 21, 2008 12:05 PM EST --
A s I reported on Monday, Friday drew to a close with champagne, courtesy of Olivier, celebrating my birthday! We stayed the night in comfortable beachfront bungalows . . . more
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March 19, 2008 11:31 AM EDT --
In southern Italy, at what one might call the "instep of the boot," is a mountainous region called Basilicata. Its two sub-regions, Potenza and Matera, have small coastlines on the Thyrrhenian . . . more
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July 15, 2008 07:31 PM EDT --
With God's will, we hope to be in venice for a long-ish weekend. The ocasion is the group exhibition to which our gather-friend Thomas Hodge takes part with his romantic, provocative, and always of . . . more
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