Published on Saturday, October 19, 2013 by Kathy McCabe The Italy Mix is a post about the most interesting Italy and Italy travel news and human interest stories around the Web each week. Here are our top picks for this week: Exploring Orvieto: Rick Steves say this town in Umbria is everything an Italian hill town should be!  (Travel Agent) Italian is World's Oldest Man: 111-year-old Arturo Licata from Enna, Sic...

Published on Sunday, October 6, 2013 by Kathy McCabe Ever thought about Rome in terms of numbers? We did and here are the numbers that tell the story of the Eternal City: 7 - Number of hills in Rome. 15 miles - Distance from central Rome to the sea. 43 years- Average age of a Roman resident. 70.5 degrees - Average high temperature in October, in Fahrenheit. 108.7 acres - Size of Vatican City. 800 square meters...

Published on Friday, October 4, 2013 by Kathy McCabe The world's first pizza-making vending machine has debuted and can be found in three Italian airports according to Peter Greenberg. The Let's Pizza machine can make fresh pizza in three minutes with fresh ingredients. If you want to watch the machine knead fresh dough in front of you,  you can find the Let's Pizza machine in the Milan, Palermo and Trapani airpor...

Published on Wednesday, October 2, 2013 by Kathy McCabe Bologna at 6 a.m. This central Italian city is a dream destination for foodies and cultural enthusiasts.  Explore Bologna with a private walking tour or cooking class. Photo by rufo, flickr.com...

Published on Sunday, September 29, 2013 by Kathy McCabe The Italy Mix is a post about the most interesting Italy and Italy travel news and human interest stories around the Web each week. Here are our top picks for this week: Rome - Most Popular City in Italy:  Hotels.com reports that Rome beat out other Italian cities for most-visited title. (ANSA) 10 Beautiful Places to Visit in Italy: It is hard to pick the most...

Published on Sunday, September 22, 2013 by Kathy McCabe The grape harvest has begun in Italy and looks to be on track to make more high-quality wine than the 2012 harvest. According to Italy magazine, "Climactic conditions in summer 2013 favoured a slow but optimum ripening of grapes, resulting in very high quality." The harvest (vendemmia) is about 10 to 15 days later than usual though. A forecast by Istituto di Serviz...

Published on Thursday, September 19, 2013 by Kathy McCabe Clearly Pope Francis is a popular guy...But now he even has his own personal fragrance? Excelsis Fine Fragrances has encapsulated the personality of Pope Francis in a new cologne called "Francis." CEO Frederick Hass told the press that he was trying to evoke Francis' "humble and down to earth" character with the cologne, which mainly consists of bergamot and sandalw...

Published on Monday, September 16, 2013 by Kathy McCabe BBC News is live streaming the attempt to raise the Costa Concordia cruise ship off the coast of Tuscany.  According to the BBC, "he ship has been lying on its side ever since the ship hit rocks off the Tuscan island of Giglio in January 2012, with the loss of 32 lives. Salvage workers are attaching giant metal chains and cables to the ship, which weighs more tha...

Published on Sunday, September 15, 2013 by Kathy McCabe 10 Things We Love About Italy from The Perennial Plate on Vimeo....

Published on Friday, September 13, 2013 by Kathy McCabe The Italy Mix is a post about the most interesting Italy and Italy travel news and human interest stories around the Web each week. Here are our top picks for this week: Take Action for Tiramisu:  An Italian politician has asked the European Union for protection for that precious dessert - tiramisu. (Italy Magazine) No Fun at Leaning Tower of Pisa: A panicked ...