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Favorite Reads on Italy (FRI) is a weekly roundup published on Fridays featuring interesting articles, fascinating experiences, and handy resources that I’ve come across that week.
Postcard from Italy: Olive trees in Umbria
This week’s roundup features a perfectly balanced destination, a hike with spectacular vistas, olive harvest time, festivals and more.
Culture and Travel
Taormina Is Perfection In Sicilian Form by Huffington Post – I couldn’t agree more that Taormina is a perfectly balanced destination that just has about everything to fulfil any interest.
How to Spell in Italian by The Florentine – It’s a video instead of an article and wish I had seen this earlier this week when I had to give my Codice Fiscale over the telephone!
Where to find La Dolce Vita – Loving Romagna by Monica Cesarato – Monica usually writes about Venice but after living La Dolce Vita in Romagna, she shares her experience about this incredible event that I unfortunately couldn’t attend.
Italy Fights Mafia With New Strategy: Banish Sons by Huffington Post – Daring and wise tactic by a judge which gives the sons of powerful mafia families a different destiny.
Via Francigena: The Cisa Pass to Pontremoli by Ciao Lunigiana – I’m always excited to read about articles on hikes and while sounds challenging, the spectacular vistas are well-worth it. Noting this down for next summer.
The Best of Bologna by Venere Travel Blog – Not only is there so much to see and do in Bologna but this town boasts some of the best food in Italy. Here’s a post on Top 5 Things to Eat in Bologna.
Food and Drinks
Olio Nuovo: One for the Bucket List by Brigolante – I second Rebecca’s comments about “olio nuovo should be on everyone’s bucket list of Foods to Try Before I Die”. It’s nothing like what you have tasted before and we can’t wait to participate in this year’s olive harvest in Amelia, Umbria where friends have an olive grove.
Top Truffle festivals in Tuscany by Tuscanycious – If you are visiting Tuscany from now to mid-November, don’t miss out on these truffle festivals.
Lunigiana Cheese Aged for Two Thousand Years by A Path to Lunch – Interesting read as I have never heard about the cheese of Luni and was blown away by the fact they each wheel of cheese weighed 650 pounds!
Life in Italy
Ciao, Bella: 15 Lessons From My Life in Italy by Amanda Ruggeri for The Cut – Living in Italy and visiting Italy are as different as night and day. Here’s a glimpse of what life is like in Italy. Lesson #4 especially rings true for me and while it is time consuming, the effort does pay off.
What favorite reads on Italy have you come across this week? Share them with us in the comments below.
