Attend the Italian Life Expo in Portland, Maine Next Week
The Italians are invading Portland, Maine following week! Never worry, it is a friendly invasion for the first Italian Lifestyle Expo. Held at Portland’s waterfront Ocean Gateway Center, the festival will host exhibits on meals, wine, and journey possibilities in Italy. Six sessions about the weekend will emphasis on wine tasting, journey, and culinary goods. The celebration is sponsored in component by Dream of Italy and proceeds will benefit Maine’s Institute for Global Research and the Spannocchia Basis, which supports conservation efforts and environmental training in Tuscany.
Among the mostly Italian exhibitors are dining establishments, vintners, out of doors and sports experts, travel and tour businesses, the Italian consulate and Italian language experts. Artisan items from Italy will be obtainable to sample and purchase, including cheese, prosciutto, olive oil, Italian regional wines, preserves, garments and ceramics. Guests will have the opportunity to go over journey choices with Italy travel authorities, which includes traveling in Tuscany, browsing locations off the tourist track, and taking cooking lessons in Italy.
The Italian Life Expo will be held from June nine-eleven from 11am-nine:30pm at Portland’s Ocean Gateway Middle. Periods drop on Friday and Saturday, with a welcome reception on Thursday. Website visitors can get sessional tickets or day passes, which incorporate access to the exhibit hall, a wine glass for sampling Italian wines, foods, and samples of artisan items. So join the Italian invasion! -- Elaine Murphy
Join Us for a Twitter #italychat on Amalfi Coast Travel
Dream of Italy (@dreamofitaly) will once again be internet hosting #italychat on Twitter on Wednesday, June 1st at three p.m. ET. The topic will be Amalfi Coast journey and our guest will be Laura Thayer (@ciaoamalfi)! You happen to be invited to join us by asking questions and/or sharing your individual own Amalfi Coast travel advice.
Laura Thayer grew up as a journey lover and nomad, residing in 8 diverse states prior to making the leap to expat daily life in southern Italy in 2008. She attended St. John's School in Annapolis, Maryland, where she realized how much she loves living in a sailing city and studying languages (Ancient Greek & French). Graduate college pulled her back again to the Midwest, exactly where she finished a Masters in Artwork History at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota. In the course of a fateful holiday getaway on the Amalfi Coast, she fell in really like with southern Italian architecture and 1 really special tour guidebook. She now lives near another sailing city, the seaside village of Amalfi in which she works as a freelance writer.
If you would like to take part by reading the chat and hopefully asking and answering concerns, here are some suggestions:
- Be certain to use the hashtag #italychat inside your Tweet so absolutely everyone can see your query, remedy, contribution, and so forth.
- Whether or not you have a no cost Twitter account, you can stick to #italychat Dwell right here OR right here or you can arrive back again to these back links later to go through the chat in total.
- @dreamofitaly will tweet out all questions utilizing "Q" and a range-
Sample tweet from @dreamofitaly: "Q1: What is your favored town on the Amalfi Coast? #italychat" - Our special guest @ciaoamalfi will tweet her reply utilizing identical number -
Sample tweet from @ciaoamalfi: "A1: My favorite is the city of Amalfi #italychat" - Any person else on Twitter including YOU can remedy the question too using A+range as this is all about sharing wonderful experiences and Italy journey information.
Sample tweet from YOU: "A1: Ravello has to be the greatest city on the AC #italychat" - If you want to inquire Laura or the crowd an Amalfi Coast query, begin your tweet with @dreamofitaly followed by the query and I will put it in the queue and give it a number (example - "Q6") and tweet it out when all set.
Sample tweet from YOU: "@dreamofitaly What are the very best gardens to pay a visit to on the Amalfi Coast? #italychat"
See transcripts from previous sessions of #italychat
May 2011 Issue – Special Report: The Coast of Tuscany
The May 2011 situation of Dream of Italy is very hot off the presses. If you are NOT a subscriber, grow to be one particular these days and save $ fifteen on our normal subscription charges and receive accessibility to this issue and a lot more than eighty back again problems! Our paid subscribers (who can log-in here) will be reading through the adhering to content articles:
Rediscovering Paradise in Castiglioncello
This little-acknowledged Tuscan coastal city provides the best of the coast of Tuscany which includes a famous festival of fish.
ten Excellent Items to Do on the Island of Elba
Most renowned as Napoleon’s island of exile, Elba offers so considerably a lot more than a slice of background. Assume organic wonders, incredible seafood and cuisine, thermal springs and much more.
Forte dei Marmi: Family-Pleasant Seashore Trip
Want to take the little ones on a seaside holiday in Tuscany? Our skilled has the perfect resort for the ultimate Italian seashore vacation with kid-friendly hotels, sandy seashores and easy accessibility for day trips.
Il Pellicano: The Love Resort
Dianne Hales, author of the book La Bella Lingua shares why this romantic beach resort on the coast of Tuscany has been drawing her and her husband back 12 months soon after year…
Free Italy Travel Consultation with Subscription
I did a great deal of contemplating and organizing for 2011 around the holidays. The concerns I asked myself were: How could I provide far more appeal to a Aspiration of Italy subscription? How could I serve our readers and subscribers greater? Nicely, the following is one particular way
All compensated Dream of Italy publication subscribers will be entitled to a 15-moment personalized travel consultation with me in the course of the month of February -- a $ 50 worth.
- Sure, I understand it seems I have misplaced my mind.
- Sure, I know I will be performing consultations and only consultations for the month of February!(I've completed the math).
- Indeed, the writer of the e-book The four-Hour Operate Week would undoubtedly have me committed.
- No, I will almost certainly in no way provide this once again.
Here is my chance to use my FIFTEEN Many years of intense Italy travel experience to be of personalized support to our compensated publication subscribers and stimulate individuals who are interested in subscribing to ultimately consider the leap by providing my most important property (time and information) to you!
On Feb. 1, ALL compensated subscribers will be e-mailed recommendations on how to do a 15-moment consultation with me by way of e-mail or on the telephone. Consult ME Nearly anything about your journey (need the identify of a hotel or restaurant? want to know how several days to spend wherever? need to have the name of a manual I haven't written about?) and I will solution as much as I can in the time constraints.
But you Ought to be a compensated subscriber in the course of the month of February to have a consultation, so subscribe or renew now (we're even nevertheless providing our BONUS Tuscany/Umbria guide and of course you will get online entry to 80 again concerns as nicely as 10 issues above the coming yr).
If you might be traveling to Italy in 2011, you Ought to consider advantage of this One particular-TIME possibility!
How to Participate in the First #Italychat on Twitter
UPDATE: The initial #italychat transcript contains great Rome travel assistance.
Aspiration of Italy (@dreamofitaly) is internet hosting the very first #italychat on Twitter nowadays, Wednesday, January 19th at 3p.m. ET.
Today's specific guest is Erica Firpo (@NG_guide) and the matter for the hour-extended chat is Rome - anything and everything about traveling to Rome and residing there as an expat. Erica's personal website is Moscerina and she is the Rome blogger for Nile Guidebook. Erica is both Italian and American. Her mom is from Rome. Erica and her husband Darius Arya, archaeologist and classics professor, and their kids have been living total-time in Rome considering that 2003. Erica has also labored at the Guggenheim in Venice.
If you would like to participate by studying the chat and hopefully asking and answering queries (we know numerous of you are seasoned Italy travelers!), right here are some tips:
- Be confident to use the hashtag #italychat inside your Tweet so everybody can see your issue, reply, contribution, and so on.
- Whether or not or not you have a free of charge Twitter account, you can comply with #italychat Dwell the following OR the following or you can arrive again to these backlinks later on to read the chat in entire.
- @dreamofitaly will tweet out all questions using "Q" and a number-
Sample tweet from @dreamofitaly: "Q1: What if you preferred street in Rome? #italychat" - Our specific guest @ng_rome will tweet her answer utilizing identical number -
Sample tweet from @ng_rome: "A1: I love By means of Corso for the fantastic buying #italychat" - Anybody else on Twitter such as YOU can answer the query also utilizing A+amount as this is all about sharing excellent experiences and Italy journey information.
Sample tweet from YOU: "A1: By means of Condotti is my favorite for the designer retailers #italychat" - If you want to ask Erica or the crowd a Rome issue, commence your tweet with @dreamofitaly followed by the issue and I will set it in the queue and give it a amount (illustration - "Q6") and tweet it out when prepared.
Sample tweet from YOU: "@dreamofitaly What is the greatest kid-pleasant museum in Rome?" - Erica Firpo has a number of inquiries she would enjoy request YOU the crowd about your Rome experiences soon after the half-hour mark and I will place individuals in the queue and we would enjoy your participation.
- 1 #italychat participant will be randomly picked to win an on the web subscription to Aspiration of Italy ($ 79 worth). You will be entered by making use of the hashtag in between 3pm and 4pm ET right now on Twitter.
We strategy to host #italychat each and every other Wednesday at 3pm ET. The next #italychat will be Wed, February 2nd with special visitor @vinoroma. The subject will be Italian wines and wine tourism in Italy!
Get Insider Italy Travel Advice from #italychat on Twitter
These days there are so numerous new and modern ways to get travel guidance. Through our nine decades in business, Dream of Italy has always tried to experience the wave and uncover new and modern approaches to present excellent Italy journey guidance (i.e. our initial iPhone/iPad app is about to launch). In January, we founded #italychat on Twitter. Every single other Wednesday, we invite one particular guest and any person who has a Twitter account to tackle one particular Italy journey or culture topic.
The benefits (see our web page of #italychat transcripts) have created a wealth of insider suggestions on anything from collaborating in an archaeological dig in Italy to the very best spots to consume pizza in Rome. James Martin, About.com's Europe Information, said in a recent report on alternative travel assets, "You'll locate numerous journey writers and expats extolling the virtues of a journey to Italy and spilling their travel secrets and techniques freely (it's that punch)." Here are some highlights from modern periods of #italychat:
How to Join An Archaeological Dig in Italy:
Daryus Arya (@saverome) shared this suggestion in our #italychat on archaeology: You can sign up as a volunteer- a good internet site is www.archaeological.org and see our Ostia dig... feel of a talent you can provide as an architect, donor, engineer, and many others or just fanatic! Time is working out crews are filing up-- do utilize soon and if you are passing by in the summertime- say Hi there and request queries- excavators adore to share!
Finest Locations to Try to eat in Tuscany:
James Martin (@wanderingitaly) was our particular visitor for this #italychat on Tuscany for foodies: I repeat: Antica Locanda di Sesto for meat outdoors the walls of Lucca. Man, pig body fat policies. My neighborhood Spino Fiorito for three program lunch with all the organic and natural wine you can belly for 10 Euros is nice as nicely.
@ilpalazzone shared: ll Silene di Roberto Rossi in Pescina Each TIME! incredible major components, imaginative but not pretentious, excellent wines.
@melanierenzulli shared: 1 of the finest meals was at Castello Vicchiomaggio Roast had soaked in 2btls of wine for 24h. Phenomenal.
Very best festivals in Umbria:
Rebecca Winke (@brigolante) was our particular visitor for this #italychat on Umbria: Fave festivals: medieval Mercato delle Gaite in Bevagna and Calendimaggio in Asissi.
@seeyouinitaly shared: Cheese rolling on Pasquetta, Monday after Easter in Panicale. weather conditions permitting
@travelcontent shared: Citta di Castello - 25th Dec Father Christmas in a Canoe. Usually loved this one.
Whether or Not to Rent a Car in Italy
Everybody appears to have an viewpoint about driving in Italy. Some folks really like the chaos. Other folks who have rented a vehicle to generate via the region swear they will in no way do it once more. If you're traveling via the countryside, renting a auto is typically the very best alternative for some people.
There are 4 aspects to take into account when choosing whether to lease a car or drive in Italy for the initial time OR if this is the greatest transportation choice for the type of journey you're preparing. Examine out the F.A.Q. for a reminder of the One particular document you should have with you when driving and a special Dream of Italy Low cost CODE for renting with Car Europe!
Umbria Villa Rental: Il Casale di Mele
Secluded however simply accessible, Il Casale di Mele is the perfect setting, delivering the tranquility of the countryside but in easy reach of E45 which leasds to numerous famous hilltowns as effectively as areas of Tuscany.
Il Casale di Mele is a standard Umbrian stone farmhouse created with all the modern day conveniences that sleeps 6 + one. Read more about the accommodations.
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What to Know About Spending Money in Italy
So what's the best way to get money in Italy and devote your cash without having obtaining ripped off on transaction charges? This F.A.Q. addresses what you need to know about utilizing ATMs in Italy, the fees you will pay for credit cards and why money is king -- and how that can operate to your advantage!
Traveler's checks are passe but the companies who develop them have arrive up with a awesome new card option that provides you similar protections and even some advantages. Study about it.
Seeking Editorial and Photo Interns for Spring
Our award-winning subscription travel newsletter Dream of Italy is hunting for at least one editorial intern and a single photo editing intern for the spring semester. Interns should be existing college/grad pupils or latest school graduates who are passionate about Italy and equally passionate about journalism and on-line media. Preference will be presented to these intern candidates who can converse or realize at minimum some Italian or who have studied in Italy or traveled there.
Overview of Dream of Italy Editorial Intern Tasks:
• Analysis write-up ideas, simple fact- examine finished content.
• Publish quick content for print newsletter and e-mail newsletter.
• Find sources for Italian journey news and compose quick blog posts.
• Update earlier published stories with new info.
• Investigation events in Italy for our online calendar.
Capabilities essential for editorial internship: Naturally superb writing and investigation skills are vital. Robust Internet expertise – such as standard understanding of HTML (and use of Dreamweaver and equivalent) and a basic comprehending of research engine optimization – are appealing. Also searching for interns who are not shy about reporting and reaching out to resources. Need to be a self-starter who performs with minimal supervision.
Overview of Dream of Italy Photograph Editing Intern Jobs:
• Source and edit photos to include to 850-as well as World wide web pages.
• Source substantial-resolution pictures for print newsletter and iPhone applications.
• Organize Dream of Italy photographs on Flickr and commence new groups.
• Aid with operating photograph contest for visitors.
Capabilities necessary for photo editing internship: Powerful eye for photography. Sturdy information of Photoshop and Flickr. Comprehending of various requirement for Net pictures vs. print images. Robust comprehension of rights and Creative Commons. Ought to be a self-starter who operates with minimum supervision.
To apply, please send a cover letter and resume ASAP to Editor and Publisher Kathy McCabe at kathy@dreamofitaly.com For both internship, please detail exactly how your expertise matches our required intern tasks. For the editorial internship, please include hyperlinks to many writing samples on journey or more specifically Italy. For the photograph internship, make sure you include backlinks to your pictures or photographs you have edited.
