Halfway between Lucera and Andria, Apulian towns famous for their fort-castles built during the middle of the 13th century by the Norman German Frederick II (1194-1250), Holy Roman Emperor , King of Sicily, King of Italy and King of Jerusalem, and 40 minutes away from the port city of Bari, I discovered a portion … Continue reading APULIA – A REGION OF SUNSHINE, ANCIENT HISTORY AND SUPERB FOOD
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ON WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART, LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN AND FOOD… SALZBURG, VIENNA, AND NORTHERN ITALIAN ROVERETO
While the international music world celebrates, especially in Vienna, Ludwig van Beethoven's 250th birthday, there is the small northern Italian town of Rovereto, which has not forgotten another famous 18th century composer prodigy who visited three times the township: the Austrian Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, born in Salzburg, Austria, on January 27th, 1756, fourteen years before … Continue reading ON WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART, LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN AND FOOD… SALZBURG, VIENNA, AND NORTHERN ITALIAN ROVERETO
MILAN AND FERRAGOSTO – IF YOU VISIT THE ALMOST DESERTED METROPOLIS
It is possible that many of you have already visited Italy's second city with its dynamic hardworking down to earth fashionable people. Often travel packages include Milan on its way to Venice, may be Vicenza, Bologna, Florence and Rome. However, for a change, try to visit the "time is money" metropolis, home of banks, stock … Continue reading MILAN AND FERRAGOSTO – IF YOU VISIT THE ALMOST DESERTED METROPOLIS
Dall’ America del Nord con amore ed amicizia
Visto che sono italiana con tanti amici qui e la' oltre l'oceano non mi sento di scrivere un blog soltanto in lingua inglese. Dunque ecco qui il mio blog italiano per "sorelle" ed amici americani ed italiani. Cari saluti da Elisabetta Con un libro da restituire alla biblioteca di Frederick nel Maryland negli Stati … Continue reading Dall’ America del Nord con amore ed amicizia
From North America to Northern Italy and Back
Ghent of Norfolk Recently several friends asked me to write a blog about food and on traveling between North America and Northern Italy. So here it is. Traveling from the U.S capital of Washington D.C. on June 25 I will travel south in direction Mississippi passing by Norfolk and Virginia Beach, Virginia. Norfolk is the … Continue reading From North America to Northern Italy and Back
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