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Is Italy Still Worth Visiting — Or Are We Just Obsessed With Its Past?
Is Italy overrated or just not listening? We keep visiting the same old places, but maybe the real Italy is hiding somewhere else. There’s more to Italy…
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The Ancient Secrets of Two Aosta Valley's Castles
Forget the crowded canals of Venice or the endless queues of Florence. There’s a quieter, more ancient Italy waiting to be discovered, nestled deep in…
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100 Posts Together with YOU! Thanks!!!
A big, warm, heartfelt thank you to those who support me!
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An Authentic Italy Vacation
Rebecca asked me to write this post since I’m an expat in Italy, I've lived for 30 years here, and I face the same problems as everyone (post written…
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May 2025

The Silent Witness of Monza: A Son's Grief Amidst Royal Tragedy
Visiting Monza offers a chance to step beyond the well-trodden tourist paths and encounter a site that invites reflection on the complex interplay of…
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Where Africa and Europe Had Once Clashed
Sunday, almost the first sunny day this year, I went with a friend to Lake Viverone and I remembered the story of this marvelous zone that not everybody…
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A Slice of Naples in Biella: the Perfect Pizza
As you know, I had lived in the region Campagna (with the capital Naples) for 22 years and learnd some of their traditions that I took with me when I…
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In The Rain In The Alps
What could be less pleasant than spending your holiday in Italy in the pouring rain? But... Alps are always beautiful, and rain donates them something…
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April 2025

A Silence of Stone: Giovanni Fieschi at the Castle of Saint-Germain
Those were hard times, and neither side was made of “saints”. Iblet de Challant had a reputation as a hard and pragmatic man, not “courteous” to…
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The Lifeblood and Fury of Nature
Mountain Rivers in the Biella region are the main arteries of human history, from the dawn of time to today, even though we are much more advanced than…
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The Hippopotamus on the Mountain
An impossible journey of the Italian soldiers of the WWI
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How a Queen Outplayed her Father-in-Law and her Husband's Second Wife
In the tender glow of a clandestine March in 862, amidst the formidable landscape of 9th-century Europe, a love story blossomed in defiance of royal…
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