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The Advantages of a Villa Vacation


Which villa is right for you?


Styles of Homes


How Properties are Described


Sleeping Arrangements


Kitchens, Baths & Butlers


Creature Comforts


Utilities


Great Outdoors


Moving About


Where's the Beef


Villas Versus Hotels


Tannins, Tidbits and Taunts


A tavola non s'invecchia


Coffee Breaks


The Faces of Wine


Weird English


Tortured Italian


No man’s land


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Con un sorriso sulle labbra


General Interest


Money and Costs


Transportation


Travel Requirements


Weather


Giovanni Cabotto is none other than England’s explorer John Cabot.

The Scottish bagpipe, a version of the Italian zampogna, was taken to that country by a family from Cremona, the MacCrimmons (son of Cremona).

Pistols came from Pistoia.

Savon (soap) came from Savona.

Austrian Lippizaner horses come from Lippiza near Trieste.

The J in J&B Whiskey is Giacomo Justerini from Bologna.

Blue jeans (Genes) are from Genova.

Feta cheese is Italian Fetta cheese.

Cantaloupes came from Cantalupo outside of Rome.



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