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Welcome to La Dolce Vita - "The Sweet Life" - 22 Days in Rome.   In Italy, life is slower and sweeter.  I want to bring "the sweet life" into  my  life. I want  you  to experience "the sweet life" as well.  So, for the next 22 days, I will be posting about a memory of Italy - and how I brought just a bit of "the sweet life" back with me. http://www.bougainvillea.it Did I mention that we met the nicest people in Italy?  Everywhere we went, friendly people - the locals and the tourists like ourselves. We spent a lot of time here - and enjoyed some delicious meals - and gelato.  Our beloved Bougainvillea .  I took the picture that you see above very quickly (that's my finger to the right) as we were on our way to catch a boat to Capri.  I wanted to remember this place so that we could stop on our way back. We stopped on our way back.  And almost every day for 5 days.  Sometimes twice a d...

Welcome to La Dolce Vita - "The Sweet Life" - 22 Days in Rome.   In Italy, life is slower and sweeter.  I want to bring "the sweet life" into  my  life. I want  you  to experience "the sweet life" as well.  So, for the next 22 days, I will be posting about a memory of Italy - and how I brought just a bit of "the sweet life" back with me. http://www.buccellatotaddeucci.com/home.htm I've been mis-pronouncing my married name for 22 years.  To be fair, my in-law's have been too. We found this out when we visited the family bakery in Lucca.  Steve has a cousin that owns the bakery. The owner of the bakery, and our cousin, on the left, Giulio Taddeucci,  and my father-in-law outside of the family bakery in Lucca, Italy. We also found these really cool signs that say, "I love Taddeucci."  So my husband thought it would be a great idea to get everyone's picture that married into the family with the...

"A punch in the face."  That's how one of our tour guides, Francesco,  described his first cup of espresso in the morning. I've never been much for espresso but on this trip, I developed a taste for it.  I mean, how can you not when it is served to you in such a beautiful cup & saucer? There are espresso bars everywhere you look in Italy.  Thankfully so.  There are two reasons why I am thankful for this.  The first - it's great espresso.  The second - when you buy an espresso - which is usually about one euro - you also get to use the water closet a.k.a. bathroom. This was another great piece of information from yet another fantastic tour guide, Alesandro.  Since there are very few public restrooms in Italy, they charge for those they do have.  Usually one euro.  So it makes sense to stop into an espresso bar, enjoy a beverage and then use the water closet - all for one euro. Since I've been home, I'm t...