My Italian Favorites

Oh Italy how I love thee...let me show you the ways....

• lemons the size of softballs
• that make limoncello
• biscotti
• to go with the robust espresso
• served on Italian pottery
• Deruta is my fav
• the history, especially Rome
• and the Colosseum
• Florentine leather shoes and gloves
• the green rolling hills
• dotted with cypress trees
• cafe life
• the people, so welcoming
• and the sound of the language..when spoken sounds like angels singing
• speaking of singing...the opera
• speaking of hot gorgeous men(oh, I guess I wasn't speaking this one out loud) Raoul Bova
• Raoul Bova, yes he deserves 2 entries
• and the bright sunshine
• that sets over the Mediterranean Sea
• Palazzos and Piazzas
• and frescoes
• in Venice, the only city of its kind
• listening to Vivaldi
• sipping Bellinis
• villas
• in Tuscany
• with terraces full of olive trees
• that produce lots of cured olives
• and the nectar of the Gods, known as olive oil
• the best of which comes from Lucca
• fresh basil in fragrant bouquets
• used in pesto
• Vespas
• and the stylish women driving them
• all dressed in the best Italian fashions
• going to Enotecas
• or Osterias
• and Trattorias
• to eat fresh pasta
• an sip the wine that is so red and inexpensive
• and the creamy gelato
• my new Italian blog buddies
• visiting
• and dreaming of staying there...

What are your favorite things about Italy?

photo:  Small cobbled entryway off the beaten path in Montefioralle,Tuscany

Comments

[reslifedan]

Just found your blog via Bleeding Espresso and am thoroughly enjoying it. Your subject matter is terrific and I look forward to many, many infusions!
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Thanks and welcome! Sit back and I'll do all the infusing ;)
Hard to beat the subject matter of France and Italy...Come back soon!

Robin

[NurseTerry]

Methinks it is time for you to move again...this time to where your heart really is....we will visit!
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All in due time....how can you tell I am in love?? *sigh*
Does it really show? And yes, you will visit ;)

xoxo
Robin

[Jeni]

Ooooo...how can I add to such an exhaustive and beautiful list?! You hit on so many of the reasons I love Italy. I would add:
* being that it is summer - late, late dinners outside, when everyone is wide awake and eating at midnight and taking 1 am. strolls to enjoy the only cool air of the day.
*The smell of the countryside.
*Fields of sunflowers
*The food!
*The spirit of the Italians and how they love life.
Oh, stop me before I make a whole new list!
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Excellent.....thanks for the wonderful additions! Yes, the late night strolls.....how could I forget! ;)

Robin

[tongue in cheek]

C'est vrai!
Parfait
Italy calls deep ito one's heart.
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My heart beats to a different drum when I am there.....

xoxo
Robin

[Kathy]

A great list! What I love most about Italy, in addition to the things you mentioned, is the way it makes me feel...happy and content.

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Kathy,

You hit on it exactly! Thanks! ;)

Robin

[Cathy]

I am so glad to have stumbled upon your world, I will stop by again and add you to my list of bloggers, lovely pics in here. Stay blessed
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Cathy,

Thanks for stopping by and for the nice words about my blog! And thanks in advance for the link love!
xoxo
Robin

[Merisi's Vienna]

Italy! As soon as I cross the boarder, the air is different, the coffee tastes better, in short, I am home. No other place in the world where I'll ever feel like that.
I have one treat for you in Rome: St. Peter's Square in Winter, the fountain to your right, the Golden hour before sunset. And then the Blue hour. Magic. Most people have left by then, sometimes the Piazza is even deserted. Listen to the churchbells ringing the Angelus from all over town. You live in a different century.
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Glad you share my passion for Italy! Hard not too, I guess! Thanks for the tip...my next visit it's on my list!

xoxo
Robin

[India J]

Hi,
I love this post of yours - it has obviously "inspired" quite a few other bloggers...
My friend (who texted me a few elements of a similar text) assures me she did NOT see it here but on an expat blog (an English or American living in Italy).
Affaire à suivre...