Friday, November 28, 2008

Info About Christmas/Buon Natale/Epiphany (La Befana) in Italy, 2008/2009

(LAST EDITED/UPDATED: 21 December 2008 AM)

Here are some links about Christmas/Buon Natale/Epiphany (La Befana) in Italy, 2008/2009:

CHRISTMAS/BUON NATALE
 EPIPHANY (LA BEFANA)CHRISTMAS MARKETS
 EVENTS AND FESTIVALS (festa or sagra)FOOD
 LANGUAGE
PHOTOS OF CHRISTMAS/NEW YEARS IN ITALY
 CHRISTMAS TRADITIONS
MISCELLANEOUS
* = Blog entry has been updated.

The above links are current. If anyone has any suggestions for other sites, please feel free to post your comment and I'll update this blog entry. For your specific interest, please search the web for further information using Google .

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That's it for Friday, 28 November 2008: venerdì, 28 novembre 2008.

Ciao, Ben

Moving2Italy2 – The #1 source of links About, For or On Italy for those individuals moving, traveling or already living in Italy.

Today’s quote is a Italian proverb, author unknown.

"Tempo al tempo."
"All in good time."

Please read my wife blog about our life in Italy:

Friends and Family in Italy

Going to Spain, read my new blog:

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(LAST EDITED/UPDATED: 21 December 2008 AM)
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Tuesday, November 25, 2008

Info About Fare Watcher Web Sites for Flights to and/or from Italy

(LAST EDITED/UPDATED: 5 March 2010)

Here are some links for Fare Watcher web sites for flights to and/or from Italy:

FARE WATCHER WEB SITES (AKA PRICE COMPARISON)

(Please note: Usually, the registration of your email address is required. Also note: most of these sites are "free" unless otherwise specified.)
ARTICLES
BLOG ENTRY
TRAVEL DEALS OR NOTICES OR ALERTS VIA SUBSCRIPTION TO NEWSLETTERS OR WEEKLY EMAILINGS
TIPS/SUGGESTIONS
RELATED
MISCELLANEOUS
* = Blog entry has been updated.

For your specific interest, please search the web for further information using Google .

The above links as of this date are/were current. If anyone has any suggestions for any other additional web sites and/or links for reference, please feel free to post your comment and I'll update this blog entry.

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Please note: I do NOT represent or endorse any of these links nor do I receive payment for listing them in my blog.

There are very few bargains fares these days. If any attractive fare and/or relatively affordable fare comes up that is offered by an airline, it's there for only a very short period of time (read hour(s) not days). I cannot vouch on how good one of the above fare watcher web sites is over another.

Since the air fares to Italy and other countries in Europe are at their highest, one must be on the lookout for the best fare possible. By utilizing a fare watcher option from one of the above, you work smarter not harder to find the best fare possible. This is just one way that I am using the web. Some other ways are subscribing to newsletters and telling friends and family that I am looking for an affordable and reasonable airfare back to the States next summer.

Presently, I am using some of the above link to look for an airfare from Italy back to the States next summer to visit with friends and family on the East Coast and Kentucky. I also subscribe to some newsletters or weekly notices. Please note: you may want to unsubscribe after you found the airfare you want for your trip.

So to the readers of this blog, I wish you all the best and hopefully, you find and get the right airfare to Italy or Europe or in my case, back to the States for a long overdue visit.

That's it for Tuesday, 25 November 2008: martedì, 25 novembre 2008.

Ciao, Ben

Moving2Italy2 – The #1 source of links About, For or On Italy for those individuals moving, traveling or already living in Italy.

Today’s quote is an Italian proverb from Abruzzo, author unknown.

"Chi nasce asino non può morire cavallo."
"Who's born as a donkey can't die as horse."

Please read my wife's blog about our life in Italy with photographs:

Friends and Family in Italy

Going to Spain, read my new blog:

Info About, For or On Spain – a source of links About, For or On Spain for those individuals traveling or already living in Spain.

Please note: The time listed below for this posting is Central European Time (CET)/ GMT+1.

(LAST EDITED/UPDATED: 5 March 2010)
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Tuesday, November 18, 2008

Info on 2008 Christmas Markets (Mercato di Natale) in Italy

(LAST EDITED/UPDATED: 9 December 2008 PM)
Here are some links for Christmas Markets/Mercato di Natale/Mercatino di Natale (Buon Natale/Babbo Natale) in Italy:

CHRISTMAS MARKETS BY REGION
  • Apulia
    • Cisternino
        • Dates: 6 December 2008 - 6 January 2009
        • Location: Via Principe Amedeo, Cisternino (BR)
  • Campania
    • Napoli/Naples
      • A NAPOLI IL NATALE E EASY (Christmas markets) – IN NAPLES CHRISTMAS IS EASY – Source: Azienda Autonoma di Soggiorno, Cura e Turismo di Napoli (ity of Naples Tourist Board) – In English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Russian
        • Dates: 1 - 31 December
        • Location: Streets of San Gregorio Armeno and San Biagio
    • Sorrento (NA)
  • Emilia-Romagna
    • Bologna (BO)
      • FIERA DI SANTA LUCIA (SAINT LUCIA FAIR) – Source: The most important markets in Bologna Calendar 2008 section of BOLOGNA TURISMO – In English, Italian
        • Dates: 22 November - 1 January
        • Location: Portico della Chiesa dei Servi - Strada Maggiore
      • FIERA DI NATALE (CHRISTMAS FAIR) – Source: same as above
        • Dates: 27 November - 7 January
        • Location: Via Altabella - Centro Storico
  • Lazio
    • Roma/Rome
      • Piazza Navona Christmas Market – "Annual Christmas market in the centre of Rome with stalls selling Christmas decorations, toys, nativity scenes and crafts. Santa Claus makes an appearance as does the Befana on Jan 6th." – Source: AngloINFO Rome – "Life in Rome, in English!"
        • Dates: Saturday, December 06, 2008 To: Wednesday, January 07, 2009
        • Location: Piazza Navona
  • Liguria
  • Lombardia/Lombardy
    • Milano/Milan
      • Banco di Garabombo – (Christmas Fair-Trade Market) – In Italian Only – Source: altromercato – In English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish
        • Dates: Saturday, 15 November 2008 to Tuesday, 06 January 2009
        • Location: Piazzale di via Mario Pagano
        • Hours: From 10:00 to 21:00
      • Mercatino di Natale
        • Dates: 7 December - 6 January 2009
        • Location: Largo Corsia dei Servi (tra Piazza Duomo e Piazza San Babila)
        • Hours: From 10:00 to 22:00
  • Marche
    • Ancona
    • Sant'Agata Feltria (PU)
      • Il Paese del Natale – In Italian Only
        • Dates: 30 November, 7, 14 and 21 December
        • Location: via Battelli; Adiacente alla Piazza Garibaldi
  • Piemonte/Piedmont
  • Sicilia/Sicily
    • Siracusa/Syracuse
      • Natale in Fiera
        • Dates: 7 - 16 December
        • Location: Fiera del Sud
    • Trapani (TP)
      • Natale in Fiera
        • Dates: 19 - 28 December
        • Location: Medifiere, Palazzo Africa - Zona industriale TP
  • Sardegna/Sardinia
  • Toscana/Tuscany
    • Arezzo (AR)
      • La Città di Natale (including Christmas market)
        • Dates: 29 November - 6 January
        • Location: Streets of Arezzo
    • Firenze/Florence (FI)
      • Christmas Market – Source provided by: Expat in Italy poster, cobalt
        • Date: 28 November
        • Location: British Institute, 15 Lungarno Guicciardini
        • Hours: 15:00 - 18:00
      • Mercato di Natale della Croce Rossa Italiana (Italian Red Cross) – Source: poster
        • Dates: 21 - 23 November
        • Location: Saschall, Lungarno Aldo Moro 3
      • Florence Noel – Mostra Mercato
        • Dates: 29 November - 8 December
        • Location: Stazione Leopolda, Firenze
        • Hours: Friday, Saturday and Sunday - From: 10:00 to 22:00
        • Hours: Monday - Thursday - From: 15:00 to 22:00
      • Weihnachtsmarkt Market – Heidelberg Christmas Market – Source: Saimicadove.it – "Getting the most out of Tuscany" – In English, Italian
        • Dates: 3 December - 21 December
        • Location: Piazza Santa Croce
        • Hours: From 10:00 to 22:00
    • Greve in Chianti (FI)
      • Aspettando Natale: Mercatini artigianali (Christmas Market) – Please scroll down to this event – In Italian Only – Source: Firenze.net – In English, Italian
        • Dates: 13 - 14 December and 20 - 21 December
        • Location: Piazza Matteotti
        • Hours: From 10:00 to 18:00
    • Lucca (LU)
      • Fiera di San Michele di Natale
        • Dates: 8 - 26 December
        • Location: Piazza San Michele and in Borgo Giannotti, Lucca
      • PreGustando il Natale in Verciano (LU)
        • Dates: 12 - 14 December
        • Location: Parco della Rimembranza e nella zona della chiesa di Santo Stefano
        • Hours: Friday - From: 20:30 - ?
        • Hours: Saturday - From: 14:00 - ?
        • Hours: Sunday - From: 10:00 - 20:00
    • Montepulciano (SI)
      • Christmas market
        • Dates: 5 December - 6 January
        • Location: Piazza Grande
        • Hours: 11:00 - 20:00
    • Pisa (PI)
      • Il Mercatino di Natale di Pisa
        • Dates: TBA December
        • Location: Under the arches at Logge dei Banchi
        • Hours: 08:30 - 21:30
    • San Miniato (PI)
      • Edizione di Natale – Source: poster
        • Date: 20 December
        • Location: Piazza Dante gia Piazza del Mercato del Bestiame, San Miniato (PI)
        • Hours: From 09:00 to 19:00
    • Siena (SI)
        • Dates: From: 2nd - 17th December 2007
        • Location: Piazza del Mercato (Tartarugone), Siena
      • Mercato di Natale – Please scroll down to event – Source: terra di siena (APT Siena - APT Chianciano Terme Val di Chiana) – In English, Italian, Japanese
        • Dates: 1 - 23 December
        • Location: Streets of Siena
      • Mercato di Natale – Please scroll down to event – Source: terra di siena (APT Siena - APT Chianciano Terme Val di Chiana) – In English, Italian, Japanese
        • Dates: 8 December - 1 January
        • Location: Piazza Matteotti, Piazza Gramsci, Viale XXV Aprile, Siena (SI)
    • Torrita di Siena (SI)
      • Christmas market
        • Dates: 15 - 16 December
        • Location: Centro Storico
  • Trentino-Alto Adige
    • Arco Asburgica
      • Mercatini di Natale ad Arco Trentino – Source: LEVICO.it – In German, Italian and provided by Expat in Italy poster, Monicacycle
        • Dates: 21 November - 23 December
        • Location: Piazza III Novembre
        • Hours: Please check web site for hours in November and December
    • Bolzano (BZ)
      • Mercatino di Natale di Bolzano – Note: More detail available in the Italian version – In English, German, Italian – Source provided by: Expat in Italy poster, Monicacycle
        • Dates: 27 November at 17:00 - 23 December
        • Location: Piazza Walther
        • Hours: Monday - Friday - From 10:00 to 19:00
        • Hours: Saturday - From 09:00 to 20:00
        • Hours: Sunday and festival days- From 09:00 to 19:00
    • Levico Terme (TN)
      • Mercatini di Natale a Levico Terme – Source: LEVICO.it – In German, Italian and provided by Expat in Italy poster, Monicacycle
        • Dates: 22 November - 6 January
        • Location: centro storico
        • Hours: Please check web site for hours in November, December and January
    • Merano (BZ)
      • Mercatino di Natale di Merano – Source: bolzano.net – In English, German, Italian
        • Dates: 30 November - 6 January
        • Location: Passeggiata Lungo Passirio
        • Hours: Please check web site for hours in November, December and January
    • Trento (TN)
      • Christmas Market in Trento (Mercatino di Natale - Trento) – Note: More detail available in the Italian version – In English, Italian – Source provided by: Expat in Italy poster, Monicacycle
        • Dates: 22 November - 24 December
        • Location: Piazza Fiera
        • Hours: Sunday - Thursday - From 10:00 to 19:30
        • Hours: Friday - Saturday - From 10:00 to 20:30
        • Hours: On 24 December - From 10:00 to 17:00
  • Umbria
    • Città di Castello (PG)
      • Christmas market
        • Dates: 6 - 7 December and 13 - 14 December
        • Location: old town center (centro storico)
    • Perguia (PG)
      • Christmas market
        • Dates: 6 - 23 December
        • Location: Rocca Paolina
  • Veneto
    • Venezia/Venice (VE)
      • Natale in Laguna 2008 – Source provided by: slow travel italy poster, AnnieNC
        • Dates: 29 November - 23 December
        • Location: Campo Santo Stefano
        • Hours: 10:30 - 19:30
CHRISTMAS MARKETS (LISTINGS)
INFORMATION
The above links are current. If anyone has any suggestions for other sites, please feel free to post your comment and I'll update this blog entry. For your specific interest, please search the web for further information using Google .

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Please be aware: I have attempted to list many but not all the Christmas markets in Italy. However, the above locations, dates and times were either found on their respective web sites, other web sites, billboards and/or on handouts. It was not possible to verify the accuracy of this information for every Christmas market before being listed in this blog entry.

Since the date of the posting of this entry, I wish to thank posters from the discussion forums on Expats in Italy and Slow Travel Talk Italy for suggesting and/or providing additional links.

That's it for Tuesday, 18 November 2008: martedì, 18 novembre 2008.

Ciao, Ben

Moving2Italy2 – The #1 source of links About, For or On Italy for those individuals moving, traveling or already living in Italy.

Today’s quote is an Italian proverb, author unknown.

" Natale viene una sola volta 1'anno."
"Christmas comes but once a year."

or here's another

"La vita è come un albero di natale, c'è sempre qualcuno che rompe le palle."
Literal translation: "Life is like a christmas tree, there's always someone who breaks the balls."

Please read my wife blog about our life in Italy:

Friends and Family in Italy

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Info About, For or On Spain – a source of links About, For or On Spain for those individuals traveling or already living in Spain.

Please note: The time listed below for this posting is Central European Time (CET)/ GMT+1.

(LAST EDITED/UPDATED: 9 December 2008 PM)
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Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Info about skiing and snowboarding conditions and weather in Italy for 2008 and 2009

(LAST EDITED/UPDATED: 14 December 2008 AM)

Here are some links about skiing and snowboarding conditions and weather in Italy for 2008 and 2009:

SKIING/SNOWBOARD CONDITIONS AND/OR WEATHER
 MISCELLANEOUS
* = Blog entry has been updated.

The above links are current. If anyone has any suggestions for other sites, please feel free to post your comment and I'll update this blog entry. For your specific interest, please search the web for further information using Google .

Please note: If you want me to reply by email to your comment or request for further information, please include your email address in a separate comment. I will NOT publish any comments with an email address in it.

Note: I do NOT represent or endorse any of these links nor do I receive payment for listing them in my blog.

Also note, there were several sources above that had "Warnings" at the bottom of the page of their respective web sites. I included them in this blog posting.

That's it for Tuesday, 11 November 2008: martedì, 11 novembre 2008.

Ciao, Ben

Moving2Italy2 – The #1 source of links About, For or On Italy for those individuals moving, traveling or already living in Italy.

Today’s quote is a Neapolitan proverb, author unknown.

"O' chiu' bello d''a vita e' 'o durmi."
"The best thing about life is sleeping."

Please read my wife blog about our life in Italy:

Friends and Family in Italy

Going to Spain, read my new blog:

Info About, For or On Spain – a source of links About, For or On Spain for those individuals traveling or already living in Spain.

Please note: The time listed below for this posting is Central European Time (CET)/ GMT+1.

(LAST EDITED/UPDATED: 14 December 2008 AM)
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