Looking for the perfect gifts for Italy lovers? This curated guide highlights meaningful, high-quality presents that celebrate the Italian way of slowing down and savoring life. Whether you’re shopping for a passionate traveler, an Italian-food devotee, or anyone enchanted by Italy’s culture, this guide offers thoughtful options they’ll love to receive—and you’ll love to give.
Read MoreHave a craving to mix up your American traditions with some Italian heart?
Read MoreI had no idea how much teaching writing in Italy would deepen my love of both writing and Italy.
Read MoreYour guide for how to give the gift of Italy this season.
Read MoreThis was not the trip I signed up for.
Read MoreHold onto your hats. Your family will never be the same.
Read MoreRead my take on how travel journaling makes for BETTER travel
Read MoreHow six acres of oak trees in central Virginia converted this truffle hater into a truffle aficionado, thanks to Virginia Truffles.
Read MoreMy quest for Italian citizenship begins with the B1 language exam at the Italian Cultural Society. There were a few, er, hurdles. Some of them crunchy.
Read MoreHow I became a beginner again, surrounded by the excellent food and jaw-dropping beauty of a France few tourists see.
Read MoreA lot of conventional wisdom about marriage is flat out wrong.
Read MoreHow France’s City of Light shed clarity on a year in Italy.
Read MoreYou’ve got questions about my return to American life—the reverse culture shock, the grief of leave-taking. The answers may surprise you.
Read MoreIt took me 30 years to return to Cinque Terre. Here’s what I discovered.
Read MoreWho knew that mountain fun could be had in Switzerland, even for non-skiers?
Read MoreWebsite for Michelle Damiani, author of Il Bel Centro: A Year in the Beautiful Center, the funny and heartfelt memoir of an American family living in Spello, as well as Santa Lucia, a page-turner set on the Umbria border.
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A trip to Italy is better with language basics! Here’s my recommended course to learn Italian and make your trip fantastico!
Festival participant, speaking about “Il Bel Centro: A Year in the Beautiful Center”
Featured speaker on panel discussing Romance for “Santa Lucia”
