The Venice Experience

(Note :This turned out a bit long, but the background stuff is necessary today! The ending makes the read worth it, I think.) I’ve been slow...

Our New Year's Eve celebrations in Baltimore have been spent at home with our dear friends Steve and Lisa. We dress up formally, decorat...

When the doorbell rang at 8 am yesterday morning, we were very startled to find out it was an inspector from the Anagrafe office to do Mike...

This being our first Christmas here, we've been eager to see how the holiday is celebrated. We've noticed that decorations are not ...

Ok, I'll admit it, I'd been procrastinating on calling this Signore Bovo to ask about when we'll get a residency visit from him....

When I was going through the process of obtaining my dual citizenship, I had to obtain residency in Castel San Pietro Terme. Once I became a...

We're having lots of rain, cold, and Aqua Alta here this week. Winter is upon us!!!! It's snowing alot to the north of here too. As ...

I'm a cannoli addict, I won't deny it, always have been for as long as I can remember. I've done the cannoli tasting of every pa...

For as many years as we have been coming to Venice, this is our first December.There are so many things we've been looking forward to, e...

The sirens went off about 6:45 am today! Last time, it was at Level One, indicating water about 110 Cm. Today it was a Level Three warning- ...