Articles tagged with "tuscany"
“Little Jerusalem” in Tuscany
By Jessica | January 17th, 2008 |Italy is intensely Catholic, being the home to the Roman Catholic Church’s headquarters, and statistics show that roughly 90% of the population identifies itself as Roman Catholic. (Of course, the... [Read this entry]
Leonardo da Vinci Museum in Vinci
By Jessica | December 10th, 2007 |I got an email recently from an Italy Logue reader who will be spending some time in Florence next year and says the Leonardo da Vinci museum in his hometown... [Read this entry]
A Mother-Son Biking Trip in Italy
By Jessica | August 18th, 2007 |In the July/August issue of National Geographic Traveler, I read and enjoyed the cover story - of a mother and her grown son taking a two-week cycling trip through Umbria... [Read this entry]
Tuscany
By Jessica | July 5th, 2007 |Ah, Tuscany. People sigh when they talk about it - so much so that you can almost hear a sigh when you read the word. But what is it, exactly... [Read this entry]
French President Likes Lucca’s Oil
By Jessica | January 15th, 2007 |French President Jacques Chirac must be trying to lay the groundwork for his Italian retirement villa. He’s called the olive oil produced in area of Lucca “exquisite,” also saying “almost... [Read this entry]
