If You Think You Know Italy Think Again... - Wait List
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The ITA Book Club meets at Illume the 4th Wednesday of each month @ 7pm
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A country the size of Florida with over 55 million people, and, depending on the different statistics, one of the first 8 economies in the world.
A country that according to the UNESCO homes roughly 50% of the world’s artifacts and where there are 56,000 different faunal species. A country whose unique shape –a boot, of course–borders with 9 other countries and allows it to control two major islands of the Mediterranean Sea: Sardinia and Sicily.
12 official languages that are spoken by the 12 different ethnic groups.
Hundreds of different wines that are a result of the grape cultivation in every single region of the country.
All that, but simply just a taste of what the real Italy has to reveal to those curious enough to explore.
What I’m offering is a marvelously unusual trip to Italia–the one only locals know about. I will guide you on the unbeaten path through this unique, unpredictable, crazy, and sexy country. With the cherry on top of the gelato that each meeting will end with 10-15 minutes of learning conversational Italian (should you so wish!).
September Read: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow: My Life
October Read: La Bella Figura: A Field Guide To The Italian Mind
Facilitator: Lorenzo Minoli
Born in Torino, I lived my life with my suitcase always at the ready. From there to Milano, Roma, Modena, Firenze, Maremma (South of Tuscany)–then to CT and finally here in Newburyport. I am a journalist, author, film producer, but mostly photographer. I love Italy, if I do not have to work there! I grew up thinking that anything below the Po River was the “south”, so my youthful trips were to France and England instead–until we moved to Rome. It was there a new world opened up, and I found out that Italy was not only the snow of the Alps or the sea of the Ligurian coast…but also the colors, the food, the fragrances, the landscape, and the beaches of another Italy; a magnificent Italy.
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