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Dolphins and a Tomato Garden

In Venice yesterday, at 7 AM, for the first time in recent memory, a pair of bottlenose dolphins gambolled in the Basin of St Mark.  […]

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Happy Italian Father’s Day !

Today in Italy it is Father’s Day, San Giuseppe (Saint Joseph). commemorating an older father whom Italy celebrates with various wonderful San Giuseppe pastries enjoyed […]

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One Year Later

Today Italy marks the first day of national remembrance for the victims of COVID-19.  Flags are at half-mast at Italian public buildings. Italy’s COVID-19 death […]

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Sustainable Tourism

When in 1989 I began Insider’s Italy,  clients would tell me about the destinations they intended to visit and would ask me what I thought […]

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On Life Goes

On life goes, in Italy as elsewhere.  In Italy, these next immediate weeks, however, will be rough for a country that has been through so […]

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Searching for Italy

Stanley Tucci’s six-part “Searching For Italy”, Sundays on CNN, is charming, and cinematographically wonderful.  A staggering 1.52 million viewers watched his first program.  The second […]

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Vaccines ! Moving Forward !

My heart sings to know how many of you have been vaccinated.  In Europe we are behind, and in Italy have suffered extra slowdowns as […]

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“And Then We Emerged to See the Stars Again'”

The final line of Dante’s Inferno reads : E quindi uscimmo a riveder le stelle. “And then we emerged to see the stars again.” May the […]

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Guest Posting : “You See, This is the Thing”

This fourth guest posting is from Denise in New Haven     I think I may not be your most typical client because I lived […]

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Marjorie’s Italy Blog comes to you from Italy and is a regular feature written for curious, independent Italy lovers. It is enjoyed both by current travelers and armchair adventurers.