Calabria Top 10 and why top 10 lists don’t suck

Posted on: Mar 8, 2011

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I recently purged my list of accepted stumblers over at StumbleUpon and ixnayed three or four self-promoters who had, in less than a month, sent me a combined 100+ articles to “please thumb up.” If you aren’t a stumbler, this might be lost on you, but I mention it today for a reason.

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Three of my Favorite Calabrian Villages

Posted on: Feb 1, 2011

Calabria Travel San Fili 3 180x130 Three of my Favorite Calabrian Villages

So you want to visit Calabria? Great … I think everyone should. But where do you want to go? What do you want to see? What do you want to experience? If you are Calabrese, chances are you’ll stop by your ancestral villages … maybe you’ll want to see some of the highlights or visit some of the area’s medieval towns. But then what?

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Southern Italy Snapshots: Calabria

Posted on: Jan 13, 2011

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While it is always fun to travel around Italy snapping shots and capturing the bel paese in all of her thousands-year-old glory, sometimes it is fun to take a look at what others are doing. Over the next few months, I’ll be showcasing some of my favorite photos of Italy’s southern regions taken by fellow Italophiles and posted (under creative commons, of course) on Flickr.

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