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Grazie... for stopping by my irreverent Italy website for travel advice, where I attempt to decipher Italian culture for the English-speaking world.

It’s always my intention to go a little deeper — beyond the stereotypes and la dolce vita — to discuss the many reasons why this beautiful chaotic country continues to inspire the dreams of travelers and writers and expats year after year.

Italy Website for Travel Advice

Italian Superstitions to Know

Superstitions, Religion

The Evil Eye and Italian Superstitions

Italian superstitions, especially the malocchio (evil eye), are nothing to joke about. People have been aware of this phenomenon for centuries and are still very much aware of

The Evil Eye and Italian Superstitions

Finding a (Functioning) Bathroom

History, Life in Rome

Bathrooms in Italy: What to know before you go!

Bathrooms in Italy … I guess our group of irreverent expats has collectively decided that our recent posts have been a bit too high-brow for our audience.

Bathrooms in Italy: What to know before you go!

Dating an Italian

Dating in Italy

Dating Rules in Italy

Recently I was honored when my former Italian professor from F.A.U. asked me to write an article for an Italian website about my experience in Italy. I asked

Dating Rules in Italy

Cooking Like an Italian

Food and Wine

Pasta alla Romana

Second courses in Rome often feature various frattaglie (innards) and scarti (scraps) and other parts of the quinto quarto (the so-called “fifth quarter,” or

Pasta alla Romana

Traveling to Italy

Bureaucracy, Expats

Schengen Visa and other Italian Bureaucracy

Living in Rome, you are quickly introduced to the convoluted Italian bureaucracy whether you like it or not. The so-called “system” gets a bad reputation and of course

Schengen Visa and other Italian Bureaucracy

Living in Italy

permesso di soggiorno guide for expats in italy

Bureaucracy, Expats

Permission to Stay in Italy

I’d like to pick up the thread that I started a couple of weeks ago concerning the much-prized Permesso di Soggiorno. Perhaps I’ll even (attempt to) dispense with the sarcasm

Permission to Stay in Italy

Welcome to Italy

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Italy Website for Travel Advice

Italian Superstitions to Know

The Evil Eye and Italian Superstitions

Finding a (Functioning) Bathroom

Bathrooms in Italy: What to know before you go!

Dating an Italian

Dating Rules in Italy

Cooking Like an Italian

Pasta alla Romana

Traveling to Italy

Schengen Visa and other Italian Bureaucracy

Living in Italy

Permission to Stay in Italy

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