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Tag Archives: Italy
Weekly Travel Quote
Guy de Maupassant speaks of Venice in today’s travel quote. Continue reading
The Ugly American in Italy, ca. 1950
This passage is taken from the 1955 travel book American In Italy, which I have previously reviewed. It could have been written yesterday: I first heard of the two women from St. Louis from a bellboy who told me they had hung their laundry on the chandelier. When the manager discovered it had washed off the decorations he tried to make them pay.
Posted in Essence of Travel, Quotes, Travel Books
Tagged Europe, Italy, Travel Quotes
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Back in Time Book Review
Travel Writer Matthew Stone revisits a 1955 travel book, Herbert Kubly’s American in Italy in a book review, and finds out that some things never change. Continue reading
Posted in Book Review, Destinations
Tagged Book Review, Europe, Italy, Naples, travel, Venice
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What happens after Tuscany
Book review of A Year in the World by Frances Mayes – Review of best travel books of all time. Continue reading
Venice Evaporates
The weight of history, Disneyesque moments, gondolas, and the feeling that it has all been done before are highlights of a walk through Venice, Italy. Continue reading
Posted in Destinations, Essence of Travel
Tagged boat, Europe, Italy, travel, Venice
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Give Pisa Chance
Reflections on a 2003 trip to Pisa Continue reading