Country Archive
Your New Life in 2005, Part III--one American woman's adventures in Italy…from Milan to Chiusi
Date: 03/31/2005
In 1997, Lucia decided to do something "a little crazy." Her parents, both Italian, moved to the States 40 years ago. Throughout her childhood, Lucia spent her holidays in Italy with her family, and this country always tugged at her heartstrings. After more than a year of research, she packed up and left her home in LA to relocate to Milan. Now she lives in the quiet countryside town of Chiusi in Tuscany with her husband and their newborn baby boy-Lorenzo Nicholas.
Read OnMedieval Manhattan's Best View
Date: 03/10/2005Merchants and pilgrims on the road to Rome brought prosperity to San Gimignano in the Middle Ages. You can still see a few of the town's medieval 'skyscrapers,' built as symbols of wealth, looking eerily modern.
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Medieval Manhattan's Best View
Date: 03/10/2005"Merchants and pilgrims on the road to Rome brought prosperity to San Gimignano in the Middle Ages. You can still see a few of the town's medieval 'skyscrapers,' built as symbols of wealth, looking eerily modern..."
Read OnA Sack of Antipasti, Please
Date: 02/21/2005Arguably the finest no-frills, made-by-human-hands food in Italy is available at what are called agriturismos
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A toehold in Italy for $15,000: Calabria-where everybody can afford la dolce vita
Date: 01/31/2005
Author:
Steenie Harvey
Italians call the south of their country Il Mezzogiorno, the Land of the Midday Sun. And you can't travel any farther south than the Calabria region-the toe of Italy's elegant boot. Last stop before Sicily, it's one of the country's least explored regions-and its warmest and sunniest, too.
Read OnItaly's Most Famous Butcher
Date: 01/05/2005Wild boar sausage is on most menus in Italy, and wild boar hind legs, hair and all, hang from ceilings behind meat counters.
Read OnThe Gates of Paradise
Date: 12/26/2004Brunelleschi's red-tiled Dome--the Crown of the Duomo--was erected without any supports and is a must-see in Florence.
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