I decided to start Dreaming In Italian on a whim. It wasn’t until after the first post was up that I started looking around for other people blogging about Italy, and I was surprised (though I probably shouldn’t have been) to find that there is a large, vibrant community of Italy bloggers. Some have followed their dreams and are now living the expat life in Tuscany or southern Italy, some fell under the spell of Italy while traveling there and now blog about it from home (I’m in this category), some write blogs on Italian food and wine, and some blog about their quest to learn the Italian language.
Regardless of where they are now or what their goals or interests are, the state of the Italy blogosphere is strong and it continues to grow. I’d like to start a new series of posts profiling some of these Italy bloggers to help others discover these great Italy blogs, and this is the first post of the series.
A good place to start would be Italy Tutto, run by SC Parry. She has created the ultimate list of people blogging from Italy, sortable by region and with links to the bloggers’ Twitter pages, as well as a list of Italy photoblogs and a list of food and wine blogs from Italy. Every week, she puts out a list of her top 10 posts from bloggers in Italy, which is a great way to find new, interesting articles on Italy. Italy Tutto on Twitter
One of the first Italy blogs I started following is Bleeding Espresso by Michelle Fabio, whom you can read more about here. Michelle moved to her family’s ancestral home in Calabria (“the toe of Italy’s boot”) and is now the matriarch of a family of dogs, goats, and other animals. She wrote about her decision to move to Italy here, and I saw a lot in common with my decision to move to Milan a few years ago. Michelle on Twitter
If you are planning a trip to Italy, you should definitely check out Jessica’s WhyGo Italy site, under the BootsnAll umbrella. This is a very thorough travel guide for Italy, and you can find pretty much anything you need to know. Like me, Jessica blogs about the wonders of Italy from the confines of the rainy Northwest (Portland, OR in her case). If you’re learning Italian, be sure to check out Jessica’s list of her 8 favorite Italian swear words! Italylogue on Twitter
There are so many blogs about Italy that I’m sure I will have no problem turning this into a regular series. Stay tuned!
Thanks every so much for the mention. I’m glad you find the list so useful.
Thanks so much for the kind mention! Looking forward to reading more of you
Ciao! Like you, I started my blog writing about Italy in Italian and once I was under full swing, I started to look around at other blogs about Italy and was amazed to find so many. I have spent the past month swimming around in all these wonderful blogs. I also thought it would be fabulous to have a comprehensive list of all these blogs. Michelle has a very nice list on her site as does Martha Bakerjian at About.com ( http://goitaly.about.com/u/sty/blogs/italy-blogs/ ) If you are registered with networked blogs on Facebook, there is also a community of bloggers who are networked there as well.
I am especially keen to find others who also blog in Italian and other Italian language learning blogs. If you find more of those let me know! A presto!
I’d like to also add…if you haven’t checked out my friend Jann Huizenga’s blog “Baroque Sicily” you should. She is an amazing photographer and writer. It refreshes my soul everytime I visit her site!
one more thought (well maybe…can’t promise anything!)…this is one of my favorite sites by Diane Hales (whom I got to meet two weeks ago) and has written a book on La Bella Lingua. http://becomingitalianwordbyword.typepad.com/
and here is a great one in Italian by a journalist turned stay at home mom with two toddlers and a baby: http://www.nonsolomamma.com/
and this called Il Cerchio delle sabbie – about all kinds of stuff.
oops forgot the link
http://ilcerchiodellesabbie.splinder.com/
ItalyTutto and Michelle, no problem!
Melissa, I’m familiar with a few of the blogs you mentioned, but not the others and I will have to check them out. And I want to thank you for being an active member of this blog! Yours in on my list for a post on blogs about learning Italian, which should be coming soon. Grazie!
figurati! I love your blog! love checking in to see what is new. I find it very fresh and informative! (Plus we italofiles have to stick together)
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