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Ivanka Di Felice
- Taking Matters Into His Own Hands“MARIA, PLEASE, WE NEED MORE than five minutes to get ready in the morning,” I remind her the night before. She complies and gives us seven minutes the following morning.“It…Read more
- Keeping Up Appearances In ItalyHaving barely survived our hectic existence back home, we’re longing to embark on a slower pace of life here. But my father-in-law seems to be related to the bus driver;…Read more
- First ImpressionsWE ARRIVE IN ROME. NO taxi is available, so we walk to the bus stop and soon discover that cobblestone is no longer charming when one has to wheel enormous…Read more
- Getting To Paradise is Not Always Easy – Byzantine BureaucracyMY ITALIAN PRINCE HAS BEEN won over! He has unexpectedly received the most unlikely news: the furniture-making shop that employs him is moving to a new location an hour and…Read more
- My Love Affair With Italy BeginsI FELL IN LOVE WITH Italy the minute I spotted that peach-colored swing coat in Florence more than twenty years ago. Though it was ruinously expensive, I had to possess…Read more
- Close Encounters Of The Fowl KindAs we drive down the winding mountain road, I see the national military police up ahead, signaling us to stop. David hits the brakes of the ancient BMW 320. The…Read more