Showing posts with label books. Show all posts
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Tuesday, June 26, 2007

Info on the Toscana (Tuscany) Region of Italy - Part 2

(LAST EDITED/UPDATED: 17 March 2009)

Here are some more links on the Toscana (Tuscany) Region of Italy - Part 2:

Today's blog entry is a continuation of the blog posting of 19 June 2007 titled, "Info on the Toscana (Tuscany) Region of Italy - Part 1".

BLOGS
  • TOSCANA/TUSCANY
    • Food scribbles – "notes on food at home and elsewhere" – indah – Location: Siena, Toscana (Tuscany)
    • If not now, when? – "One American woman. Twenty acres and a 1650 farmhouse in Tuscany. Random introspection and hilarity, depending on the day." – Viaggiatore – Location: Monte San Savino (AR), Toscana (Tuscany) – Unfortunately, Viaggiatore has returned to the States
    • Life in The City of Flowers – "Me, 2 kids and sometimes a husband (!) living in Firenze, Italy. What we love here and what we don't! Must sees, must haves and more besides. Hopefully you will see our love and enthusiasm for this beautiful city." – Alyson – Location: Firenze , Toscana (Tuscany)
    • Lucullian delights - An Italian experience – "I cook, I take photos and I post the results here. I like to cook genuine food with a lot of taste, I suppose most of us does, and I experiment quite a lot with recipes. What I post here are the successful ones, let's forget about the failures - life's too short!" – Ilva Beretta – Location: Pistoia, Toscana (Tuscany)
    • Olive Oil e Vino Dreams – "My love of everything, anything Italian started back in Spring 2002. I am going to live my dream by moving to Italy in January 2007. I hope to inspire other people to follow their hearts to a place so magical and divine. This is the ride of my lifetime, jump on if you dare..." – katerinafiore – Location: Firenze, Toscana (Tuscany)
    • Over a Tuscan Stove – "Thoughts and recipes from your Italian life coach-and cooking teacher Judy Witts of Divina Cucina Cooking School Everyone should try being Italian once a day!" – Judy Witts – Location: Toscana (Tuscany)
    • Siena is Tuscany – "La vita e' breve" – Steve Soper – Location: ?, United States
    • Tuscany blog.com – "is your guide to Tuscany on the internet: a journey through this region where you can find a wealth of resources, history and traditions: tourism, culture, art, gastronomy, itineraries, events, and much more." – Multiple contributors – Location: ?
    • Tuscany Painting Studio Gallery/the tuscanartist – "Contemporary original oil and acrylic paintings of Tuscany and Italian cuisine art in downtown historic Florence by a small selection of local artists. We offer courier shipping with professionally made crates to assure that the original art work you have selected arrives safely to you. If you are adventurous you can join one of the various art workshops in Florence and Tuscany. Choose from plein air painting, art appreciation, printmaking, or photography all with professional artists." – ? – Location: Firenze (Florence)
  • OUTSIDE OF TUSCANY
    • Art and Barb Live in Italy! – Location: San Venanzo, Umbria
    • Countries Beginning with I – Deirdré Straughan’s excellent web site – words, pictures, and video about Italy, India, and the world – Location: Lecco, Lombardia (Lombardy)
    • cross-cultural moments – ".....a twitch, a deep gut-wrenching punch, a squirmy, queasy, lightheaded feeling that comes on when people and institutions act in ways that put you outside your cultural comfort zone. Join me as I explore my cultural moments in Italy. Then send me yours!" – Elizabeth – Location: Rome, Lazio
    • La Cucina – "... means "the kitchen" or simply "cooking". A compilation of easy, tasty recipes. Many are inspired by numerous trips to Italy and my Italian grandmother. Others are just plain good ol' American meals. All are guaranteed to be easy to prepare. The simplicity of flavors is more important than using too many ingredients and techniques which mask the flavors of the foods. Buon appetito!" – Valerie – Location: Ascoli Piceno, Marche
    • Drawing on Experience: an open sketchbook of life in Le Marche – Scott Henderson – Location: Calcinelli di Saltara (PU), Marche
    • foreign remarks – "Welcome to foreign remarks.com. This is the website for Rebecca Helm-Ropelato. I am an American free lance writer. I live in Italy with my husband, who is Italian. I moved here in 2001 from my longtime home in California. Recently, I have had articles published in the Los Angeles Times Magazine and the Christian Science Monitor, (featured here). Here on foreign remarks.com I have a blog in which I present opinions and impressions related to my experiences living in another country. I will add something new every week. Sometimes it will be brief, other times more in depth. I hope it will be enjoyable and at times, perhaps, informative." – by rebecca helm-ropelato – Location: Lazio region
    • Wandering Italy – "Living, eating, and enjoying Italy" – James Martin – Location: ?
BOOKS
EXPAT INFORMATION
MULTIMEDIA: AUDIO/PHOTOGRAPHS/VIDEO
NOT A MAP
  • 360° – "A new way to explore Tuscany" – Source: Italy Travel Guides Ltd
REAL ESTATE LINKSRENTALS
TUSCAN COOKING and LESSONS/COURSES
  • COOKING
    • Tuscan cooking – "Tuscan kitchen" – Source: Cookaround – "The Italian regional cookings" – In English, German, Italian, Spanish
    • Tuscan cooking, wines, and more – "Tuscany has everything from high mountains through rolling hills and sandy beaches, and therefore the list of ingredients the Tuscan cook has at his or her disposal is stunningly long. And then there are the wines..." – Source: Italian Cuisine section of About.com
  • LESSONS/COURSES
    • DIVINA CUCINA FIRENZE ITALIA – "Everyone should try being Italian... at least once a year"
    • Good Tastes of Tuscany – "Tuscan cooking courses in a rustic, authentic atmosphere should be widely available to any and all interested parties at affordable prices, regardless of cooking experience, knowledge of the region or proficiency in the Italian language."
    • Organic Tuscany – "offers cooking holidays in Italy which are “from farm to table”: taking you to see where the fresh, local organic food we buy is grown and using it to cook traditional Tuscan and Italian recipes: fresh pastas, hearty salads, the perfect risotto and delectable desserts."
    • Tuscany Cooking Max&Me – "Practical cookery courses at our home in the heart of the Florence hills for people who are passionate about culinary art, who want to rediscover age-old flavours and the typical products of Tuscany and Liguria"
    • Tuscan Women Cook – "Learn to cook Tuscan style from the source, the local Tuscan women. Using recipes and techniques passed down over the generations, these delightful women cook with what they find fresh each day at the market."
U.S. EMBASSY AND CONSULATES – IN ENGLISH, ITALIAN
WI-FI (Wireless Fidelity)
  • Wi-Fi Hotspot Directory: Italy – Source: JiWire – "helps you locate free and paid WiFi hotspot networks, secure your wireless Internet connections, and learn how to use Wi-Fi products and wireless broadband services."
MISCELLANEOUS
* = Blog entry has been updated.

The above links are current. If anyone has any suggestions for other sites, please feel free to post your comment and I'll update this blog entry. For your specific interest, please search the web for further information using Google .

Please note: I do NOT represent or endorse any of these links nor do I receive payment for listing them in my blog.

If you are looking for real estate or rental information, I would suggest that you look under the section labeled "MISCELLANEOUS" above or search the Internet. There are too many web sites to list individually.

What you will find above is information for individuals: living in the Toscana (Tuscany) region of Italy, spending some time in that region or planning to come to this region of Italy. There is a wealth of information on and about Toscana on the web. This blog entry is not intended to be all inclusive but a sampling of some of the wonders, joys and sights of the Regione Toscana.

I am sure there are more books, blogs and other information on Toscana (Tuscany) region of Italy. When I move to Toscana in mid-September, 2007, I will be updating these two blog entries as I discover and learn about them. More to follow....

That's it for Tuesday, 26 June 2007: martedì, 26 giugno 2007.

Ciao, Ben

Moving2Italy2 – #1 source of links About, For or On Italy for those individuals moving, traveling or already living in Italy.

Today’s quote is an Italian saying, author unknown.

"Meglio essere invidiati che compiatiti."
"Better to be envied than pitied."

Please read my wife's blog about our life in Italy:

Friends and Family in Italy

Going to Spain, read my new blog:

Info About, For or On Spain – a source of links About, For or On Spain for those individuals traveling or already living in Spain.

(LAST EDITED/UPDATED: 17 March 2009)
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Wednesday, December 14, 2005

Info About, For or On Rome, Italy

la(LAST EDITED/UPDATED: 4 August 2008)

Here are the links for Rome, Italy

AIRPORT INFORMATION
 AUTOSTRADA
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
 BOOKS
CELL PHONES
 CHRISTMAS
 CHURCHES (OTHER) AND SYNAGOGUES
 CLUBS AND ORGANIZATIONS
 COMMENTS/OBSERVATIONS
COMUNE INFORMATION
 ENTERTAINMENT AND NIGHTLIFE
 EVENTS
 EXPATS
FOOD STORES
HANDICAPPED TRAVELER'S INFORMATION
 HISTORY
 KIDS
 LANGUAGE
 LAZIO REGION
  • Lazio – The ancient heartland of the Roman Empire, the Papal State and Italy – is based on the photographic collection of René Seindal and Valentina Derito. Other photographs have been contributed by Tina Seindal.
  • Lazio Guide Italy – Lazio is the region around Rome. With endless attractions, a unique cultural heritage and the incomparable charm of the Eternal City, this region can be visited at any time of the year.– Source: travelplan.it
  • Lazio, Italy - today's weather in Italy – Source: italy-weather-and-maps.com
MARKETS
MEETING OTHERS IN ROME
  • EuroCircle is an informal network of Europe-friendly men and women. It has no political, religious, or ethnic affiliations. Eurocircle.com is a place where you can exchange ideas, tips, professional contacts and more. You can meet people offline at local events, online through the membership features or via the forums. EuroCircle has many Circles worldwide from London to Los Angeles, from Munich to Madrid
  • friendsinrome.com – "enjoy rome with new friends!"
  • Rome Village – English Community Network
  • See also CLUBS AND ORGANIZATIONS and EXPATS above.
MISCELLANEOUS
 NEWCOMER'S INFORMATION
 ONLINE MAPS
ONLINE AND PRINTED PUBLICATIONS
  • MAGAZINES
    • In Rome Now beyond the guidebooks – Benvenuto! We are two Americans living in Rome, a city we love and have gotten to know well. We created this Internet magazine in order to share our knowledge and enthusiasm with other English speakers. It's designed to make visiting or living in Rome a richer experience.
    • Inside the Vatican
    • Italy Magazine – THE NO.1 MAGAZINE FOR LOVERS OF ALL THINGS ITALIAN
    • List of Italian Magazines – Source: CO.IN. Cooperative Integrate ONLUS – In Italian Only
    • Timeout: Rome
    • Wanted in Rome online – is the web version of Wanted in Rome, a fortnightly magazine published in English, on sale in Rome. Read by the foreign community resident in the city, Wanted in Rome on line contains news and information about events and cultural activities throughout Italy and has a large classified advertising section
    • WhereRome – "THE LEADING MAGAZINE FOR VISITORS" – In English, Italian
  • NEWSPAPERS – In Italian Only
    • Corriere della Sera (English) – "For those who do not read Italian this may be the most helpful newspaper. For this reason it tops our list. Unfortunately Corriere della Sera, which is Italy's most prominent newspaper, no longer furnishes a column in English to the International Herald Tribune published in Italy. However this link will take you to a series of articles , written in English. They are a few days old but better than nothing. A good place to start for up-to-date information about Italy in English. (Daily except Sunday)" – Source: Ciao*Italy – Not published in Rome.
    • Il Manifesto – A daily paper with decidedly leftist leanings published in Rome. It has always been very political and is currently undergoing financial difficulties.
    • Il Messagero is the most popular daily newspaper in Rome.
    • Il Tempo – A daily traditionally conservative newspaper published in Rome.
    • List of Italian Newspapers – Source: CO.IN. Cooperative Integrate ONLUS
  • SEE ALSO:
ONLINE (INTERNET) RADIO AND TV
 PETS
PHOTOGRAPHS OF ROME AND ITALY
  • Photo Archive – is based on the photographic collection of René Seindal and Valentina Derito. Other photographs have been contributed by Tina Seindal.
REAL ESTATE
RESTAURANTS
 SCHOOLS/UNIVERSITIES
 SHOPPING
SIGHTSEEING
 SPORTS
 STRIKES, DEMONSTRATIONS AND PROTEST MARCHES
TOURISM
TRAVELERS’ HEALTH
TRANSPORTATION AND TRAVEL
U.S. EMBASSY
THE VATICAN
 VIRTUAL TOURS AND WEB CAMS
VISA AND PERMITS
 WEATHER
  • italy-weather-and-maps.com – home to maps of Italy, current Italian weather conditions, and six day weather forecasts for every Italian region and province.
  • Rome, Italy – "Weatherbase is your one authoritative source for finding monthly weather records and averages for more than 16,439 cities worldwide." – Source: Weatherbase
  • Rome, Italy – Forecast – Source: Weather Underground
  • The Weather Reporter: Italy – As a supplement to our weather forecast page we have selected a collection of links to those webcams that make it possible to see the weather as it is right now throughout Italy– Source: Italy in a Flash
WEB SITES
  • Activitaly is an on-line guide to Rome which outlines all useful information on planning your holiday in Rome and Central Italy through the promotion of well consolidated establishments which operate in the tourist, cultural and entertainment industry.
  • Enjoy Rome: Cityguide – Source: Enjoy Rome by Travelabout
  • GOTOROMA.com – Free guide to tourism in Rome, hotels in Rome, apartments in Rome, Rome restaurants
  • In Rome Now beyond the guidebooks – This web site has been very slow in responding.
  • Roma 2000 – "This site is born to give information to tourists on the services and artistic heritage of Rome".
  • romebuddy.com – Rome tourist information and guide
  • romaclick.com is a guide for tourism in Rome, Italy
  • Romexplorer.com
  • RomeExplorer.it – In Italian Only
  • RomeOnLine.net – In Italian Only
  • RomeOnLine.net – This is the English version of the renowed RomaOnLine Italian site. If you understand the Italian language, we strongly encourage you to visit the main site, because it sports a number of extra sections.
  • Things to do in Rome – Source: VIATOR, Inc.
  • What's on in Rome is run by Stephanie Westbrook of WebFabbrica, a web design company in Rome. The site was created to provide the English speaking community of Rome as well as visitors to the city with information on concerts, opera performances, art and photography exhibitions, dance, film, theatre, sports and festivals.
WI-FI HOTSPOTS
 WORKING
* = Blog entry has been updated.

The above links are current. If anyone has any suggestions for other sites, please feel free to post your comment and I'll update this blog entry. For your specific interest, please search the web for further information using Google .

When trying to find an apartment or vacation accommodations in Rome, it's best to ask around from friends, colleagues at work, etc. for recommendations. I have listed a few above that I have found on the web. The same goes for restaurants.

Where does one start? There are hundreds of guide books and/or web sites where you can choose which one you like that provides the information on Rome for your style and type of travel. It's a pick and choose thing. Some portions of books and/or web sites may have information that you are interested in for this trip and you can choose to ignore other information not of interest to you.

HINT: If you own the guide book, take only the portions that you are interested in with you. Tear out the pages you want and leave the rest back at your home/apartment/condo or wherever you live. You do not have to take the whole guide book with you on your travels.

The above is just a sampling of what can be found about, for or on Rome on the Internet. I'll be returning to this blog entry and updating it with new items.

That's it for Tuesday, 13 December 2005: martedì, 13 Dicembre 2005

Buon Natale a tutti e Felice Nuovo Anno!

Ciao, Ben

Moving2Italy2 – #1 source of links About, For or On Italy for those individuals moving, traveling or already living in Italy.

Today’s quote is an Italian proverb, author unknown.

"Tutte le strade portano a Roma."
"All streets lead to Rome."

(LAST EDITED/UPDATED: 4 August 2008)
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