Share Your Dream: Chocolate Spoons and Renaissance Performers (June/July 2020)

This is a longer version of the article that originally appeared in the June/July 2020 issue of Dream of Italy. When I dream of Italy, I dream of… Chocolate Spoons “I would like to purchase a gift for my adoptive Italian family. Will these chocolate spoons do?” I explained in my miserable Italian to the cashier at Caffè Libertà in Florence. “Certo!” She …

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Share Your Dream: My Grandmother, Opera and Verona (June/July 2020)

This article originally appeared in the June/July 2020 issue of Dream of Italy. When I dream of Italy, I dream of my nonna singing La Donna e Mobile from Rigoletto or Nessun Dorma from Turandot while I sat at her kitchen table watching her cook.  Nonna’s passion for opera was by no means unique because it is the lifeblood of her hometown, …

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Share Your Dream: When Spello Comes Alive with Flowers (June/July 2020)

This article originally appeared in the June/July 2020 issue of Dream of Italy. When I dream of Italy, I dream of the beauty and pageantry of L’Infiorata. Imagine carpets of flowers covering the village streets of a medieval hill town, Spello, in Umbria. A weekend of celebrations is held two months after Easter in celebration of the feast of Corpus Christi. …

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Share Your Dream: Dreaming of an Uncle I Never Met (June/July 2020)

This article originally appeared in the June/July 2020 issue of Dream of Italy. When I dream of Italy, I dream of visiting the town near Ancona where my uncle’s plane went down during World War II. My uncle, Corporal Robert Oliver, landed in Bari only a month before his last mission, a bombing raid over Linz, Austria. A tail turret gunner, …

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Share Your Dream: Seeing the Poppies in Manfredonia (June/July 2020)

This article originally appeared in the June/July 2020 issue of Dream of Italy. When I dream of Italy, I dream of the stunning poppy fields as the weather begins to warm. I am living the dream right now as an American expat in the sud (south) in a somewhat small town called Manfredonia along the azure shoreline of the Adriatic. Time seems …

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Share Your Dream: Taking in Turin’s Porta Palazzo (June/July 2020)

This article originally appeared in the June/July 2020 issue of Dream of Italy. When I dream of Italy, I dream of returning to the Porta Palazzo in Turin. Turin itself is a beautiful city, rich in history, art and culture. But for me the main event in Turin is the largest open-air market in Europe called Porta Palazzo. This colorful boisterous …

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Share Your Dream: Art-Filled Acquapendente (June/July 2020)

This article originally appeared in the June/July 2020 issue of Dream of Italy. When I dream of Italy, I dream of dancing in the streets at midnight to the beat of a DJ in the art town of Acquapendente. It’s a special occasion, the first night of the Festa dei Pugnaloni, which are mosaics made only from floors. A Notte Bianca or …

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Share Your Dream: A Friendship That Has Endured (June/July 2020)

This article originally appeared in the June/July 2020 issue of Dream of Italy. When I dream of Italy, I dream of the places I’ve been with my Italian friend, Liliana who lives in Milan, and the places in Italy we have yet to see together. Liliana and I were matched up, by happenstance, as pen pals in 1977. I was taking …

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Share Your Dream: Escape to the Beach in Historic Anzio (June/July 2020)

This article originally appeared in the June/July 2020 issue of Dream of Italy. When I dream of Italy, I dream of escaping from Rome to the beach at Anzio, an hour away by train. Once part of Antium, the capital of the Volsci, an ancient tribe from pre-Roman times, it was named by the son of Olympus. The territory was then …

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Share Your Dream: I Dream of Home (June/July 2020)

This article originally appeared in the June/July 2020 issue of Dream of Italy. When I dream of Italy, I dream of Udine in the region of Friuli. As I slowly walk up Via Manin, crossing under the historic arched gate, the industrious and quaint store-fronts secretly witnessing my eagerness to feel, breathe and love this city, one more time, escort me …

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