Although many of the bloggers in Italy are still on holiday, I have a great selection of posts for you. And I confess, I couldn’t choose between the many great posts on Gita Italiana 2010 on Bleeding Espresso. I recommend you read them all. So, my top 10, in alphabetical order:
- 3 in Giro: Shopping for school supplies, Italian style
Full service beats self-service
- Bleeding Espresso: Gita Italiana 2010
All the guest bloggers who take us around Italy (sorry, couldn’t choose only one!)
- Dim Sum, Bagels and Crawfish: Trunk produce
Where to buy the best fresh produce
- Expatriate in Rapallo: No bad dogs
Rewarding acts of bravery and courage by dogs
- Flavors of Abruzzo: Mrs Clean where are you?
Italians have the cleanest homes in Europe
- Life in Abruzzo: The beauty of rain
Where to watch the passing beauty of rain in Abruzzo
Livorno Daily Photo: Porticoes
How the Via Grande in Livorno has changed since the destruction of WWII- News from Italy: Montefiascone – Fiera del Vina 2010
Buy yourself a pouch and a glass to take around the cantinas
- Over a Tuscan Stove: Summer food fest – tomatoes the Italian way
Dozens of ways on how to use tomatoes
- Students in Rome: Tu vuo’ fa’ l’americano
The song that has been dominating Italy’s pop music scene this summer
I’ve just done a major update of my italy blogs list. Neglected blogs are out, some revived blogs are back again, and of course there are some new ones to follow.
I’m currently holiday so no Top 10 I’m afraid! I’ll be back soon.
It is holiday time and many of the bloggers in Italy are away, but here is my choice this week (in alphabetical order):
- Arttrav: Italian summer holiday vocabulary
Esodo, partenza intelligente, tormentone et al
- Baroque Sicily: Italians in speedos
All shapes and sizes!
- Burnt by the Tuscan Sun: Dog days of summer II
Not a good time for dogs in Italy
- La Tavola Marche: Sauce of the month – Vongole
In honour of the Adriatic Sea, which is closed to fishing this month
- L’Orto Orgoglioso: Happiness is the first tomato
The golden fruit
- Love Sicily: Nonna Elvira’s galateo
Etiquette advice
- Monica Caserta: The Venetian Emigration
In the 19th Century to Brazil
- My Bella Vita: How to ruin your trip to Calabria
Listen to the local advice
- NYC/Caribbean ragazza: Art installation next to the Teatro di Marcello
Carriage on a crane
Palazza Ravizza: Siena and the role of the fortifications in medieval cities
The influence on the city layout - Stresa Sights: August in Stresa – the Spritz
The Italian summer cocktail.
My choice of the posts from the bloggers in Italy this week (in alphabetical order):
- At Home in Tuscany: Velvet Encounters
The power of the web
- Experience Tuscany: Porto Azzurro on Elba
One of the most beautiful harbours on Elba
- Friends and Family in Italy: Another Moth
Big!
- Italian Cycling Journal: Who was the first American to ride in the Giro d’Italia?
Overlooked in his homeland
Madonna del Piatta: Pickled watermelon rind
Fusion with prosciutto or pecorino - News from Italy: Our garden in July
Beautiful!
- Path to Self Sufficiency: Wild food of the month July – the pine kernel
So that’s why they are so expensive
- Rome Photo Blog: Even more invaders
Space invaders in Rome
- Rubber Slippers in Italy: From vineyard to bakery – grape seed flour
Pane di vitigna
- Tuscanycious: Tuscan Food Products Google Map
The DOP and IGP products mapped.
Great story from a Spanish blogger on Wikio e-blog about the ‘Save the Beach Hotel’ project run by Roman environmentalists. It includes a video interview with Helena Christensen.
