Jan

Una Gita a Firenze

Posted by Tina Published in Friends, Italia, Tuscany

The other day I paid a visit to a lovely city called Florence, a city I have always loved. I needed a little trip outside of Perugia, and I needed some time with American girlfriends.
I bought purple gloves, stood in front of the Duomo eating ice cream, had a great aperitivo with Georgette and friends, [...]

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Jan

Reflecting + a book about Argentina

Posted by Tina Published in Books, Buenos Aires, Me

I’ve been here over three months now. Almost four.
My first months here consisted of just getting comfortable, getting reacquainted with the tango here, figuring out where to live, and just being excited in general.
Now that it’s worn off, and in winter no less, I find myself sitting here, half-bored, half-reflecting.
I’m just now able to start [...]

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Jan

It’s all good

Posted by Tina Published in Me, Umbria

The sun came out this week, despite the cold temperatures.
When the sun is out my hair is curlier and nicer, so I’m in a good mood.
I’m sitting here with an afternoon glass of wine, looking at the castle that sits just across the way, which I can see from my window. I have this song [...]

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Jan

The Art of Cooking Pasta

Posted by Tina Published in Food

Something I have noticed, while living around the world, is that a lot of people, despite their best intentions, don’t really know how to cook pasta – not the way I like it, anyway.
Except in Italy, of course. And in my family. ;)
It’s not as simple as just throwing noodles into boiling water and “tada!”…. [...]

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Jan

Blogging from the Boot – Italy Expat Writing Contest

Posted by Tina Published in blogging, contests, just for fun

Whether you are already living in Italy or are just in the dreaming stage, chances are you have several blogs from Italy in your feed. Expats living in Italy have the fortune of being inspired practically every time they turn the corner. With so much variety among Italy’s different regions in terms of food, dialect [...]

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Jan

I now have internet – finally

Posted by Tina Published in Italia

Well, that was an interesting saga.
First, Infostrada made me wait a month, and every time we would try to call them, we either couldn’t get through, or my customer number didn’t exist. And when we did get through and my customer number existed, they would hang up on us. Finally, we found out that for [...]

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Jan

Tete

Posted by Tina Published in milongueros

Now you’re flying in the big milonga in the sky. The milongas here on earth won’t be the same without you.

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Jan

Some things take a while

Posted by Tina Published in Italia

I’ve been living in my new apartment for about a month now and am very comfortable. I was surprised when I didn’t have to wait for the gas, water and electricity to be turned on. All it took was a phone call! After all the stories I’ve heard about Italian utilities, this was something [...]

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