Friends of Friends
With two generations of family preceding me in Rome, you might well imagine the number of people who make up my continually expanding circle of Italian friends. This has been especially so since I started Insider’s Italy in 1989, 35 years ago.
My maternal grandparents arrived in Rome in 1919 when my grandfather assumed the position of commercial attaché at the U.S. Embassy. Shortly thereafter, my mother was born and, in short order, my uncle and aunt followed. While Mussolini’s regime obliged the family to leave in 1934, my mother returned to Italy soon after the war. My father too was American but at heart very Italian—in fact he wrote a marvelous novel, The Crime of Giovanni Venturi, that is set in the Roman neighborhood of Trastevere. It was subsequently a Broadway musical, starring celebrated Italian tenor Cesare Siepi.
When you become a client of Insider’s Italy, you and I work together closely to plan your trip — each of us getting to know one another. Most importantly, I will fully understand your desires and wishes for your trip — information, I will pass on to hotel managers (often the owners), restaurant managers (often the owners or the chefs), private guides, cooking instructors, artisan producers, wineries and ….
You arrive in Italy with a network ready to welcome you as if you have arrived home.
Cari saluti,
Marjorie
www.insidersitaly.com
Meet Marjorie
Insider’s Italy is an experienced family business that draws on my family’s four generations of life in Italy. I personally plan your travels. It is my great joy to share with you my family’s hundred-year-plus archive of Italian delights, discoveries and special friends.