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on Jun 7, 13 •
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The time has come! There is now a perfect way to combine your love for Italy and your dream to become the next Indiana Jones all in one adventurous excursion. Be ready to get your hands dirty!
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on May 27, 13 •
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Three more members of the Select Italy team share their experiences falling in love with Italian pizza. Beware, however, this blog will leave you craving what only a pizzeria on the Bel Paese can satisfy!
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on May 20, 13 •
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Eating pizza in its birthplace is a life-altering experience. This mouth-watering creation has left its imprint on our team at Select Italy: read our recounts of our first experiences with this heavenly pie here!
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on May 17, 13 •
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Although Italy has been attacked by the mass-production of food in the last few decades, the Slow Food movement and km0 concept is saving the famed cuisine. What is km0? Where can you eat fresh and local? Read on to find out!
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on Apr 29, 13 •
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The Colosseum never ceases to pull visitors from around the world with its enigmatic and powerful presence. And now, from May to November, the colorful stories of the public who enjoyed themselves and suffered there are available at night in our Night at the Colosseum tour!
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on Apr 8, 13 •
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Believe it or not, Italian music is not only about Verdi and Morricone. The Bel Paese shouldn’t be linked only to the melodies of La Traviata or the spaghetti western notes of “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly”. Italy, in fact, has a powerful swing soul as well!
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on Mar 28, 13 •
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We get some of the most interesting phone calls at Select Italy. Everything from fascinating personal histories (for which we know why we’re assisting in the travel planning) to seemingly randomly connected (but connected all the same) business proposals. A recent phone call from Barbara Goodman of the Wilmette Public Library was one such a call, which ultimately led us to partner with the library for their “One Book Everybody Reads” 2013 program. The selected book is Jess Walter’s Beautiful Ruins, which is set in a wide variety of eras and locations, including war-torn Italy, 1962 Cinque Terre and Rome, modern-day Hollywood, and a few spots in between. As the Director of Business Development here at Select Italy, I organized our support to come in the form of an hour+ discourse on Cinque Terre. My colleague, Martina, and I will be painting a picture of the “Five Lands” for the library’s “Armchair Travels” program at 1pm on April 4th, and again for their “One Book” program at 7pm the same day. To properly prepare for the presentation, many of our staff read the book. So here is a quick recap and review from yours truly
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on Mar 18, 13 •
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TBD. Most reading this are familiar with this ubiquitous acronym, but let me spell it out for you...just in case: To Be Determined. From wikipedia:
To be announced (TBA), [...] and to be determined (TBD) are placeholder terms used very broadly to indicate that although something is scheduled or expected to happen, a particular aspect of that thing remains to be arranged.
That is, in one word: unknown. Can't say these three letters placed side by side are the most welcomed of acronyms; to a people who like to plan, they can be a little annoying, if not daunting
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on Mar 15, 13 •
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Nuntio Vobis Magnum Gaudium...the Sistine Chapel will re-open to the public on Monday, March 18th at 9:00am.
Last night in Rome at 7.06 pm local time the fumata bianca, the white smoke, pouring out of the Sistine Chapel announced that a new pope has been chosen.
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on Mar 6, 13 •
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It is no surprise that the word conclave comes from the Latin cum clavis, meaning “place closed by key.” For one, this event which takes place every time a new pope is to be elected, involves the cardinals of the Catholic Church held under lock and key in the Sistine Chapel until they decide on a new leader. Secondly, Roman travelers venturing to see Michelangelo’s “The Last Judgment” might be surprised to find that it is also “closed by key,” having been closed to the general public from March 5 at 1pm until further notice
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