tag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-1565250 2012-01-26T08:30:00-06:00 Travel with Julie for the Ultimate European Experience! TypePad TravelWithJuliehttp://feedburner.google.com tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e55005a3688833016760e6fa65970b 2012-01-26T08:30:00-06:00 2012-01-21T18:40:43-06:00 Julie Gilley I snicker when I hear a newbie European traveler say they want to rent a car in Italy. Yes, traffic signs are in Italian and they drive fast. But, how hard can it be, right? 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Living like Frances Mayes (Under The Tuscan Sun) in a dreamy villa with sweeping views of vineyards and olive trees while noshing on Tuscan feasts and imbibing on red wine is an incredibly romantic... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/HqClaGZRd7cERMIugf87SWnafd8/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/HqClaGZRd7cERMIugf87SWnafd8/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/HqClaGZRd7cERMIugf87SWnafd8/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/HqClaGZRd7cERMIugf87SWnafd8/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TravelWithJulie/~4/U7DdKSR9v5A" height="1" width="1"/>http://juliegilley.typepad.com/my_far_and_away_blog/2012/01/renting-a-villa-in-italy.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e55005a36888330162ffbc4a6a970d 2012-01-20T08:30:00-06:00 2012-01-20T09:01:05-06:00 Julie Gilley We Americans seem to find laundry hanging from suspended clothes lines romantic, even artistic. In Italy, necessity drives the chore from electric dyring machine to the outdoors. Electric dryers are rare in Italy--only about 3 or 4 percent of Italians... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/7DkVe2L1QGC5T9izazCTyJU4WVU/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/7DkVe2L1QGC5T9izazCTyJU4WVU/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/7DkVe2L1QGC5T9izazCTyJU4WVU/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/7DkVe2L1QGC5T9izazCTyJU4WVU/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TravelWithJulie/~4/1gN1aJzsGo0" height="1" width="1"/>http://juliegilley.typepad.com/my_far_and_away_blog/2012/01/airing-your-laundry-italian-style.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e55005a36888330168e5b1a57e970c 2012-01-18T08:30:00-06:00 2012-01-18T08:30:00-06:00 Julie Gilley Italy isn't all spaghetti and fettucini, you know! In fact, in the region of Puglia (the heel of the boot) orecchiette (little ears pasta) lines store shelves. Although the recipe is simple with only durum wheat (an important crop of... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/zcxSGYj2naJ1yo8Rc4YyGW4gdJk/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/zcxSGYj2naJ1yo8Rc4YyGW4gdJk/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/zcxSGYj2naJ1yo8Rc4YyGW4gdJk/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/zcxSGYj2naJ1yo8Rc4YyGW4gdJk/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TravelWithJulie/~4/gmliN85NOEY" height="1" width="1"/>http://juliegilley.typepad.com/my_far_and_away_blog/2012/01/orecchiette-little-ears-pasta-made-in-puglia.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e55005a368883301676089dbc1970b 2012-01-15T08:30:00-06:00 2012-01-15T10:04:26-06:00 Julie Gilley Remember the scene in Under The Tuscan Sun where Diane Lane has a freak-out moment with a scorpion? I have my own freak-out scorpion story and it goes like this: Several years ago, I read an article in Architectural Digest... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/sZt2PcfWEvwQ-GGChMFf-b2twZ8/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/sZt2PcfWEvwQ-GGChMFf-b2twZ8/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/sZt2PcfWEvwQ-GGChMFf-b2twZ8/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/sZt2PcfWEvwQ-GGChMFf-b2twZ8/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TravelWithJulie/~4/c_36Bn9N4fU" height="1" width="1"/>http://juliegilley.typepad.com/my_far_and_away_blog/2012/01/borgo-di-vagli-a-week-in-tuscany-with-scorpions-and-forest-creatures.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e55005a36888330167604f5cc5970b 2012-01-11T08:00:00-06:00 2012-01-10T17:51:58-06:00 Julie Gilley Photo courtesy of La Chiusa What do the Bialetti Moka espresso maker, a fancy Tuscan restaurant and Daylight Savings Time have in common? Not much, except they bring to mind a very fond memory from a trip a few years... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/qIDls9pXD0OeQmAvqAAdH5xMiL8/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/qIDls9pXD0OeQmAvqAAdH5xMiL8/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/qIDls9pXD0OeQmAvqAAdH5xMiL8/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/qIDls9pXD0OeQmAvqAAdH5xMiL8/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TravelWithJulie/~4/PdiRh4Dj7TY" height="1" width="1"/>http://juliegilley.typepad.com/my_far_and_away_blog/2012/01/photo-courtesy-of-la-chiusa-what-do-the-bialetti-moka-espresso-maker-a-fancy-tuscan-restaurant-and-daylight-savings-time-ha.html