Tag Archives: Italy

St. John’s Terrace

St. John’s Terrace http://www.stjterrace.it/ street: Via Gabi 7, Appio Latino, 00183 Rome email: info @ stjterrace.it phone: +39 335 63 96 671 We were in Rome for the first time last month and it left quite an impression. Actually, it … Continue reading

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Italian Grocery Roadtrip Price Comparison

We did a road trip down to Northern Italy in December 2012 primarily to visit the grocery store(s) there. We ate like royalty in a fantastic agriturismo and spent the day with the best weather of the weekend exploring cute … Continue reading

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Gran Turismo del Veneto

Well, truthfully, it was a relatively short road trip in a rented Ford Focus. But I’m working on my Italian. With just two days of lead time (I found out my work schedule would permit it, after all), Sarah rented … Continue reading

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Ca’ de Memi

The Joint Agriturismo Ca’ de Memi de Scquizzato Ottorino via Roma 4/B 35017 Piombino Dese PD Tel.: +39 049 93 66 516 Mobile: +39 349 69 87 953 Email: info@cadememi.it Web: http://www.cadememi.it For our last minute trip to the Veneto, … Continue reading

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Quick jaunt down to Italy

I got a chance at a couple days off, allowing me to use up all my vacation days for 2012 (not as easy it sounds!), so we jumped on it, intending to import our favorite groceries: olive oil tipo 00 … Continue reading

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Italian Road Trip: Part Six, Roncade and the drive back

This is the sixth and final part of our road trip through northern and central Italy in mid-November, 2011. See Parts One, Two, Three, Four and Five to catch up from the beginning. View Larger Map Arriving at Castello di … Continue reading

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Italian Road Trip: Part Five, Ravenna

Part Five of our road trip through northern and central Italy in mid-November, 2011 brings us to a former empire capital. See Parts One, Two, Three and Four to catch up from the beginning. The Chianti Road portion of our … Continue reading

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Italian Road Trip: Part Four, the Chianti Road in Tuscany

Here’s Part Four of our road trip through northern and central Italy in mid-November, 2011. See Parts One, Two and Three to catch up from the beginning. We’d heard so much about the wine regions of Italy, and this seemed … Continue reading

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Italian Road Trip: Part Three, Lucca

This is the third installment of our road trip through northern and central Italy. Check out Part One and Part Two if you’ve missed them. On our last day in Florence at the Villa Fiesole (after feeling confident we could … Continue reading

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Italian Road Trip: Part Two, Florence

We started this road trip with a drive down from Regensburg to Mantua. This is the next installment. After resting up at our B&B in Mantua and spending some time walking around after having driven the whole previous day, we … Continue reading

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