Twenty-five years ago this year Manfred Weis travelled 36,030 kilometres by train in the space of just one month. This gave him a place in the Guinness Book of Records and a whole new perspective on the world. In a former railway station in Leipzig, Manfred Weis steps onto a […]
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Travel in Italy
Italian Bargains
Italy is full of culture, history, fabulous architecture, and artisans of every sort. Tourists flock to Italy for romance, the delicious cuisine, and to experience the wonders of this lush country. But did you know that Italy is also a shopper’s haven? From linens to glassware to ceramics to jewelry, […]
Italian Honeymoon Ideas
Honeymoon in Italy: a romantic sunset over Praiano in the Amalfi Coast Ph. flickr/Mariano Mantel Italy is known to be one of the most romantic places on earth. Whether it is the enchanting city of Venice or the beautiful beaches of the Amalfi Coast, there are plenty of things that attract […]
Castel Nomentum, Mentana
Nomenutm – The Castle – Entrance – Photo courtesy of MM/Wikimedia During the 10th and 11th century the Castle of Nomentum was under the possession of the Roman family of Crescensi. The Normans destroyed the castle in 1058 and the population reduced significantly. The Capocci family acquired the castle and, […]
Bargain Shopping in Italy
Bargain shopping You can easily combine a love for travel with a love for shopping in Italy if you know where to look! Most of the major fashion houses have outlet stores, and outlet malls are springing up quickly all over the country. What better way to do your shopping […]
Marrying in Italy
To be married in Italy by a rabbi who spoke Hebrew with an Italian accent was almost as funny as listening to Jerry Lewis speaking Italian in a dubbed film. Jerry’s high-pitched, squeaky voice in Artists and Models and the rabbi’s deep, solemn tones in our marriage ceremony ranged […]
Italy and the Single American
Italy. The very idea of it can spark thoughts of romance and passion in the mind of any red-blooded American. What most of us have learned of Italy, we have learned through movies, books, travel documentaries and brochures. It is presented, and rightly so, as a place […]
Castelvecchio di Rocca Barbena
Castelvecchio di Rocca Barbena Castelvecchio di Rocca Barbena is a small comune located in the Liguria region of Italy in the province of Savona. The village is located close to the cities of Savona and Genoa. The village is spread over an area of 16 sq km and has a […]
Shopping for Jewelry in Milan
Jewelry Stores in Italy’s Cities Dedicated to the women of the new millennium, free from the constraints imposed by traditional jewelry, women who enjoy themselves and express their femininity by wearing a “jewel” like an accessory, changing it with the ease that one changes purse or shoes, depending on the […]
Venice Travel Diary
Venetian Dreams Venice is a city suffused with light and beauty. To say it is lovely is like saying St Peter’s is a church, or Siena a walled city. It isn’t untrue, it just isn’t saying nearly enough. Canals that widen and narrow as they twist, their currents unknown by […]