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Nina Rae Graue's avatar

First, my mind can picture, smell, taste, and enjoy all of the things you mention here about Italy! I visited a year ago in October and long to go back already. Secondly, what a great phrase you have here in "...living from the neck up"; I will tuck that in my card catalogue to use in the future. I often find myself living there with the need to pause. Because of that, I plan on looking for the book you mention here. Hopefully, though not sitting with it in Italy, it will help me, too.

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Michele Boyer's avatar

Thank you for this very lovely reply! Where did you visit last October? I am so glad you found goodness in this post. I do hope you enjoy the book and the exercises. I have recommended them to multiple people in the last month and every single one has given me positive feedback. Let me know how you go if you try it. Thanks so much for reading.

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Nina Rae Graue's avatar

I visited several cities and towns. Tuscany was my favorite. Assisi, Cortona, Umbria, Murano…Rome was rather dirty and graffiti was rampant, but I enjoyed the museums and iconic places. Milan was mediocre. I actually have a former exchange student who lives in Sardinia; I’d love to visit her there. I toured with Collette since it was my first time in Italy. I’d love to go back to more specific places I enjoyed instead of an overall sampling.

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