List: Buying, Living, and Traveling in ITALY | Curated by Barbara Castleton, M.A.

Jul 29, 2021
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Buying, Living, and Traveling in ITALY
Barbara Castleton, M.A.
Village Life in Italy— The Mosaic Clock — Italians and Time — Part 3I thought about titling this article, “If the fish doesn’t die”, a reference to be explained later, but it seemed a bit oblique. In fact…
Jul 22, 2017
Jul 22, 2017
Barbara Castleton, M.A.
Village Life in Italy — Savoring: A Lake You Can Drink and Other Singularities — Part 7Unexpected treasures and sights are around every hairpin turn here in Italy. On the corner of Strada Provincial 6 and a country lane near…
Aug 5, 2017
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Aug 5, 2017
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Barbara Castleton, M.A.
Village Life in Italy — Conversation Starters — Part 6One month ago, I became an Italian home owner via a purchase in a small, medieval village hugging the boundary between Lazio and Umbria…
Aug 7, 2017
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Aug 7, 2017
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Barbara Castleton, M.A.
Village Life in Italy — The Walk to Coffee - A Pictorial — Part 8Every day without fail, I walk up the lane to the piazza near the church, down the steep road, through the arch, down another very steep…
Aug 8, 2017
Aug 8, 2017
Barbara Castleton, M.A.
Village Life in Italy — REFUGEES — Plucked from the Sea and Deposited on Italy’s Shores — Part 10No one would be surprised to see people fleeing a burning building, many with the smell of smoke and cinders still enveloping them. In such…
Sep 12, 2017
Sep 12, 2017
Barbara Castleton, M.A.
Village Life in Italy — FESTA !— Two Months of the Best Time Ever — Part 9If you haven’t seen an accordion since Frankie Yankovich appeared on Ed Sullivan, whenever that was, Italy during festival season will…
Aug 24, 2017
Aug 24, 2017
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Expats and Adventurers
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Barbara Castleton, M.A.
Want to Buy in Italy? 8 Tips to Make It Happen!Do you have $350,000 + to spend on a family vacation home in Italy? With that much money, even Venice is a possibility. For most people…
Apr 10, 2018
Apr 10, 2018
Barbara Castleton, M.A.
Village Life in Italy — Rome’s Trevi Fountain and Others in Danger — Part 5For two days in late July, parts of Italy’s Lazio province experienced torrential downpours during a pair of major tempesta di tuono…
Jul 28, 2017
Jul 28, 2017
Barbara Castleton, M.A.
Village Life in Italy — Paolo Fresu — A Balletic Triumph for Trumpet and Flugelhorn — Part 4Barefoot and bewitching, jazz genius Paolo Fresu surprised, seduced, and disported from the first note to the last. On the 20th of July, I…
Jul 23, 2017
Jul 23, 2017
Barbara Castleton, M.A.
Buying Your Dream House in Italy — THE PROCESSIf you thought buying a car in the US, used or otherwise, was complicated with all the dickering, pass off to sales managers, credit checks…
Jul 23, 2017
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Jul 23, 2017
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Barbara Castleton, M.A.
Call Me a Sardine— Italy’s anti-Fascist, anti-Hate Response to Matteo Salvini’s League PartyWearing a fish placard as a crown, one demonstrator among 35,000 in Rome Saturday spoke up, saying, “People were looking for someone to…
Dec 20, 2019
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Dec 20, 2019
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Barbara Castleton, M.A.
Your Dream House in Italy — First StepsSitting under a cafe awning, savoring a breeze that carries the scent of evening meals simmering on the stove and nearby vineyards and…
Jul 2, 2017
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Jul 2, 2017
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Expats and Adventurers
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Barbara Castleton, M.A.
Village Life — A Summer in Italy — Part 1A brief drive along a narrow, vineyard-lined road leads the traveler up from the valley of the Tiber River and Lake Alviano to Civitella…
Apr 9, 2018
Apr 9, 2018