Before going ‘home’ for the holidays in Norway, the Viking and I spent over a month in a picturesque Italian town nestled at the foot of the alps. Population: 750. Language: Venetian Dialect. Streets: only one street rich in history and tradition.

I arrived in Italy a week before he did and boy was I in for a surprise! In that little town I learned the meaning of "friendship, family, fresh food, and...

The dollar has fallen, and medicine cannot help him!

I look back with nostalgia to the days when the dollar equaled 1.35 euros, and now I have to settle for 0.74! Economists expect it to tumble 20% more!

5 years ago, a 700 euro bedroom in downtown Rome meant I paid 518 dollars.

Now that very same 700 euro bedroom means I have to fork out 946 dollars!

That means...

As I was about to upload Italy pictures and videos, I see that Life in Italy now has the blog option open (yey!), so I will copy one post from my blog in here as well

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Expats abroad, have you eeeever been surprised by a sudden craving for that stake, hamburger or burrito you used to take for granted? or maybe...