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SABINA TRAVELOGUE PART 16 - April 5 - Dreaming of Real Estate?
This could be a view you wake up to.... We made pasta last night, a simple red sauce with some sausage... We drank a nice bottle of red wine and got an early night's sleep... Today we spent a quiet day...
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SABINA TRAVELOGUE PART 17 - April 6 - Visitors from Catino
Today Richard and I did some exploring around the town early in the morning. We tried to discover some vicoli we had not visited before. We took a lot of pictures along the way. Here and there people...
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SABINA TRAVELOGUE PART 18 - April 7 - A Visit from Norm and Aldo, and an...
Today we welcomed two of our friends from Rome, Norman and Aldo, to Casperia. In an earlier post I wrote about our visit with them and their friends Alice and Paolo, and Anne in Roccasinibalda... Norm...
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SABINA TRAVELOGUE PART 19 - April 8 - Easter in Casperia - Gusto Al Borgo
Resurrection by Fra Angelico, San Marco Convent Museum, FlorenceBuona Pasqua! Happy Easter everyone. We slept in a bit today, then got up and had a light breakfast of scrambled eggs and toast (thank...
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SABINA TRAVELOGUE PART 20 - April 9 - Pasquetta Perfetta with Friends in...
Monte Terminillo in the Appenines above the Reatine Plain. courtesy WikipediaThe rain storm that began Sunday afternoon continued well into the evening.All through the night frosty winds howled angrily...
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SABINA TRAVELOGUE PART 21 - April 10 & 11 - Roma
Tonight is our only overnight stay in Rome. We are meeting our friends Trish, Steve and Ken somewhere near Santa Maria Maggiore for dinner. Tomorrow, hopefully we will make it to the Capitoline Museum....
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A Gift from Giorgio Clementi - For all of you who have been reading my posts
Rocca Sinibalda, courtesy of Pro Loco Rocca SinibaldaAs of today, there have been more than 3000 views of Sabina: A Stunning Land - My Secret Italy from people in 48 countries around the world. The top...
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SABINA TRAVELOGUE PART 22 - APRIL 12 - Lions, Bats & Pocket Coffee in...
View of Casperia by courtesy of Pierluigi Pier RenziHow are we ever going to be able to leave this place? It just seems that each day is more incredible than the one before, and we have had some...
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SABINA TRAVELOGUE 24 - April 14 - Farewell Friends
Casperia's Porta Santa Maria Gate, courtesy of Giorgio ClementiLast night was our farewell dinner to Il Sogno, our wonderful house in Casperia which we rented from Chris and Meg Phillips. We lit a big...
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SABINA TRAVELOGUE - April 16 POSTSCRIPT: GRAZIE DI CUORE A TUTTI
Monte Soratte, courtesy of Lorenzo BallantiMamma mia! Mi manca l'Italia e tutti i miei amici Italiani! Grazie a voi per una vacanza indimenticabile. Never in a thousand years could I have imagined what...
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SABINA TRAVELOGUE PART 25 - April 17 & 18 - Heading Home...
April 17, 2012 - MunichNow I love Germany. I have been here a number of times, visiting Frankfurt, Köln (Cologne), Charlemagne's venerable imperial capital Aachen, and this will be my third time in...
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THE ADVENTURES CONTINUE - Stay Tuned for SABINA TRAVELOGUE 2013
After a long year away I arrived back in the Sabina on March 3 of this year and have been enjoying a month's stay here that has included visits to favourite places from our past stays here, and...
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The “Grande Transumanza" is taking place in the Sabina! June 2 to June 8, 2013
This image courtesy of ilbraconero.itOn June 2,two hundred of ManlioFani’sbeautiful horses will beginto pass through thirteen municipalitiesof the Sabinato reach bythe following Saturday their summer...
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LEAVING HOME, TO HEAD FOR HOME - SABINA TRAVELOGUE 2013 Part 1
A year has passed since our last visit to the Sabina. In 2012 Richard and I and our friend Candace decided to spend a full month in Italy basing ourselves in the hilltown of Casperia in the Province of...
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GLASS BEADS FROM ANCIENT ROME Discovered In An Ancient Mound Tomb in Japan
Photo courtesy of Kyoto ShimbunOkay, this has nothing to do with the Sabina, but I found this really interesting. Some of you may know that I lived and studied in Japan for about two and a half years...
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I CAVALLI DELLA SABINA - Following The Grande Transumanza
As mentioned in an earlier post, an amazing event is going on right now in the Sabina. This is the Great Transhumance or Grande Transumanza, the movement of about 150 beautiful horses from the Tiber...
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THE MANY FACES OF MONS SORACTE - MOUNTAIN OF MYSTERY
This photo of Monte Soratte courtesy of 06blog.it"Monte Soratte is a mountain ridge in the province of Rome, Italy. It is a narrow, isolated limestone ridge with a length of 5.5 kilometres and six...
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SABINA TRAVELOGUE 2013 PART 2 - STREET SIGNS, SEWER GRATES AND GATTI! - My...
My first picture taken on my first full day in the Sabina. The view from the bedroom at Il SognoMy first night back in the Sabina, at Il Sogno in Casperia I slept like a log. Of course I was exhausted...
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POST CARDS OF THE SABINA - OLD & NEW
Old postcard of CasperiaIf you don't know, my job description is a bit unusual. I work as a house historian. I research the social history of houses, who built them, who lived in them, what events...
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CASTRUM ASPRAE - Come Celebrate The Middle Ages in Casperia - June 22-24
If you are in the Sabina this weekend, you must go to Casperia to take in the yearly medieval festival Castrum Asprae. I have not been able to attend myself but hope someday to do so. I have seen lots...
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