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Explore the My Bella Vita blog for Calabria travel guides, Italian travel inspiration, info on Calabria attractions, local insights, and content about exploring your Italian heritage. These make for the perfect complement to our Small Group Trips to Calabria! If you have any questions as you read, feel free to contact us

Hurry!!!

There are only 12 hours left to cast YOUR vote for the New Seven Wonders of the World! The field has been narrowed to 20 contenders, including – The Eiffel...

We’re Almost There, Baby

Almost… After months of cutting through Italian Red Tape (with dull scissors, no doubt,) Il Cedro Bed and Breakfast is set to open its doors, ahem, “officially” that is, this...

Some Things are Just Funnier

in Italian… This sign is one of them.     Any questions?

The Search has Ended

I’m not alone in the expat world when it comes to missing American goodies. Some expat bloggers show pictures of themselves munching away on the things they miss (presumably to...

Un Segno di Dio

I have a confession to make. Noooo, it’s not nearly as tragic as my last confession, but, it’s pretty darn interesting all the same. You see, last Sunday was an...

99 and Counting…

This is my 99th post, ladies and gentlemen, and what better time (rather than tomorrow’s 100th post) to tell you a little about myself. Oh, wait – I’ve already done...

Daddy’s Little Girls

Much to my father’s disappointment (although he would never admit to having such delusions,) I am having trouble getting this going; searching for the first few lines to begin a...

The Family that Pays Together

Stays Together… Isn’t that how the saying goes??? Well, ok, not exactly, but I am wondering if there is some Italian variation on this. What am I talking about? Without...

IO….SONO….MORRRTA!

And, you’ be dead, too if you’d have had my day yesterday. Allow me to digress… For YEARS Peppe’s friend’s mother has invited us to lunch at her home. Literally...

Drop the Cake, Mister!

Most expats, at some point or another, end up teaching English. It’s a fairly easy way, especially if we focus on “Conversational English,” to earn a little extra cash for...

Super-Size WHAT?!?

First there was WalMart. Then came…Super WalMart. Target was followed by…Target Super Store. Kroger…Kroger Signature. K Mart…K Mart Super Center. Well, ladies and gentlemen. This is a picture of the...

The Pursuit of…???

It all started eight weeks ago when I signed up for the Body by Glamour Challenge. It was then spurred on by my pal Erin who was determined to learn...
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