Archive for the ‘scenes from village life’ Category
Christmas in Calabria: Home for the Holidays
Christmas in Calabria is magical and special, but perhaps not in the way you might think. It’s full of simple and pure joy revolving around family and food.
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5 Things No One Told You About Moving to Rural Italy
Moving to Italy presents challenges no matter where you end up, but rural Italy is its own beast. Here are some things I wish I would have known.
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My Local Fruttivendolo — Fruit & Vegetable Guy
A good fruttivendolo is hard to find, so we are more than happy to call Antonio with his green Ape our very own.
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La Vendemmia in Calabria
Mid-September means it’s vendemmia and wine-making time, which is delicious in Calabria on more than one front.
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Lost in Translation: Adventures in Sola-tude
Solo/sola in Italian means both alone and lonely. Let that sink in for a second.
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Michelle Kaminsky is an American attorney-turned-freelance writer who lived in her family's ancestral village in Calabria, Italy for 15 years. This blog is now archived.
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