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• Moving On A New Chapter
  on Apr 8, 2013 in Our House
  Last year in readiness for the next chapter in our life adventure we put the house on the market to sell. Since moving to Italy we have done up and sold two properties which has kept us very busy and also been great fun. We had decided though that in...
• Buona Pasqua - Happy Easter - 2013
  on Mar 29, 2013 in Buona Pasqua Happy Easter
  In celebration of  Easter I would like to wish all my family, friends and followers an enjoyable and peaceful time. We will not be with our daughters but we will be thinking of them, one daughter on holiday in India, the other in Salisbury. &nbs...
• La Festa della Donna – International Women’s Day - March 8th 2013
  on Mar 6, 2013 in International Women's Day Mimosa La Festa della Donna
  Italy takes part in International Women’s Day, La Festa della Donna when women of all ages celebrate this special day dedicated to them with celebratory dinners or just get together with other female friends and are often presented with bunches of...
• San Remo 2013 - Festival della Canzone Italiana
  on Feb 18, 2013 in Marco Mengoni San Remo Festival della Canzone Italiana
  The final of the 63rd edition of the Festival was held yesterday evening and was broadcast live on Italian television as it is a very popular event with the Italians, a vast majority of whom seem to love music in some form or other.  T...
• Musical Moment - Momento Musicale - Friar Alessandro - The Voice of Assisi
  on Jan 25, 2013 in Momento Musicale Friar Alessandro The Voice of Assisi Musical Moment
  I mainly share the written word and photos on News From Italy but three years ago in February 2010 I started sharing music with a Sunday Song post which appeared on a regular and then gradually a more irregular basis.  It has...
• Costa Concordia Disaster One Year Later - Costa Concordia Disastro Un Anno Dopo
  on Jan 15, 2013 in Isola del Giglio Antonello Tonna Costa Concordia Justine Pelmelay
  I am today reposting a beautiful song that was released last March in the wake of the Costa Concordia disaster. Costa Concordia Tribute The Costa Concordia partially sank after hitting rocks, then running aground off the coast of the small...
• Festa della Befana in Italia, Epifania 2013 - Festival of Befana and Epiphany in Italy
  on Jan 4, 2013 in La Befana Jan 5th/6th Epiphany
   La Befana vien di notte                              con le scarpe tutte rotte                         ...
• Auguri di Buon Anno - Happy New Year
  on Dec 31, 2012 in Buon Anno Happy New Year
     Health and Happiness to you all for 2013Italians are well known for their love of festivals and celebrations and New Year’s Eve is no exception. December 31st is known as La Festa di San Silvestro', the feast of St. Sylvester, a f...
• Buon Natale – Happy Christmas 2012 - Momento Musicale.
  on Dec 22, 2012 in Momento Musicale Italian Music Natale Christmas
  Along with my husband David I wish each and every one of youBuon Natale – Happy Christmas It has become something of a tradition on News From Italy to leave you with a selection of Italian Christmas music to listen to over the holida...
• The Olive Harvest
  on Dec 11, 2012 in Pruning. Olive Trees Olive Harvest Olives Olive Oil
  The Olive Harvest that wasn't. In Italy there is a saying about the harvest, one year good one year bad. Judging by our olives this year and the fact that we had a bumper harvest last year this proved true. A few weeks ago having had a swift estimate...

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