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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

Party? I’m In…

While I might not always be the first one at the party, or the last to leave, I do like to make an entrance…so, without further delay… And, to be...

Il Cedro…Coming Soon to a Town Near You…

Well…not exactly coming to a town near you, but hopefully you will be coming to us. Today is March 2 – which means THIS month is our goal month for...

What’s in a Dream?

Experts say dreams are nothing more than a series of thoughts, images, or emotions we experience while sleeping. Some are good, and you wake up ready to take the world...

French Fries for Jesus

We are four days into quaresima and Catholics around the world have begun abstaining from meat on Fridays and are giving up certain “pleasures” they enjoy. In the past I...

What Do Zorro, a Ladybug, and a Piccolo Cowboy

all have in common? They have each recently been spotted in Catanzaro reeking havoc amongst the Catanzaresi people in preparation for the Carnavale. Today is Mardi Gras people, or as...

Word of the Day – Monday, February 19

  Dangeroso “Non mi piace a guidare in Italia – e’ dangeroso!”

Something Worth Celebrating

Today was a good day. A sweetheart of a day. An almost perfect day. For me, it is Valentine’s Day Due. And, although I have never been a huge fan...

Successfully Planted

I wanted to write this post to my fellow expats. To those of you who have made the move – and made a successful life for yourselves in a new...

Traveling Home

I wrote this blog after I arrived back in the states. I am now back in Italy – but wanted to share the post lo stesso! Ciao! ******* 25.5 hours,...

Something to be Said

There is something to be said about selling 75% of your wordly belongings, packing 20% into an air-controlled storage unit, and lugging the other 5% back and forth over 6,000...

’tis the season to be…

Shopping! Today is Tuesday, December 12 – only 12 more shopping days until Christmas morning. Twelve days until our stockings are stuffed, our turkeys are stuffed, and, well, we are...

Mi dispiace?

I just read a comment posted by a fellow expat and I found some of the comments rather timely, as Peppe and I just debated the timeless question…”Does love really...
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