50 Years In Italy

Lifestyle, stories, travel, itineraries in and around Rome, central Italy, cruises in Mediterranean. Study abroad, writers, food, antiques, culture, books.

Friday, August 4, 2017

Welcome to The Painted Palazzo and welcome back to 50yearsinItaly!

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As many of you know, or perhaps suspected due to the prolonged silence, my award-winning blog about lifestyle and happenings in central I...

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Sunday, March 13, 2016

Food and Wine for Easter

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wine and food of Etruria Easter is only a few weeks away and here in central Italy, in the province of Viterbo, people are already putt...

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Thursday, February 25, 2016

Living near Papal Palaces: Rome and Viterbo

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Viterbo Duomo and Papal Palace (right), painting by Justin Bradshaw In the 1960s and 70s I lived in Rome around the corner fr...

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Friday, January 29, 2016

Rome in Winter

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Rome without the tourists, near the Pantheon the palms of Piazza di Spagna January and February are the be...

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Sunday, November 1, 2015

Autumn comes to Etruria

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Funghi porcini are a local autumn speciality N ow that it is November the days are definitely shorter (sunset was 5 p.m. toda...

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mary jane cryan: Vetralla, Italy; Writer and historian Mary Jane Cryan has been living in Italy since 1965. She sets up study abroad programs and works with tour operators and adult learners. A contributor to scholarly journals, guidebooks (Eyewitness Guide to Rome, Fodor’s), print and online magazines, she also lectures on luxury cruise ships plying the Mediterranean, Adriatic and Black Seas. From her palazzo near Rome she publishes history and travel books about central Italy and has received numerous awards for her website, books and conferences.

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