Margie Miklas

While she is travelling to Italy, Margie tells us more about her love for the Bel Paese. People usually asks her: “Why do you like Italy so much?” and “What is so special about Italy?” Let’s check her answers. I have …

One of my favorite  aspects of the Italian lifestyle is the late afternoon and early evening ritual known as la passeggiata, or the evening stroll. Each evening, between the hours of 5pm and 8pm, Italians take to the streets, to …

Today, Margie tells about her meeting with a friend in Venice. Let’s see what she discovered during her tour. One of the benefits of social media is meeting people with similar interests from all over the world. I have known …

  Margie stops in Venice during her trip around Europe… Let’s see what she discovers!   We took the vaporetto to the Rialto stop. The weather had improved and we were on a mission to find the jewelry shop where …

I always knew some of these things to be true and some of the others took me completely by surprise. See how many of these you know.  I must give credit to David Hoffman, who is the author of “Little …

Margie tells us about a unique experience from Tuscany: learn the Italian art of sculpture! Carrara in Tuscany is not your typical tourist location, but it is the city known for its immense marble quarries. I loved visiting this city …

Margie explains what a cameo is and takes us where artisans make it. A cameo is a piece of art, is a part of Italian history, something for the life, something that you can use but almost something that pointed …

Margie takes us to Sicily and discovers a little town on the way to Catania. Cesarò is the small village where my maternal grandparents were born. This is also the home of Angela’s mother and father, so we planned to …

This new post from Margie takes us to Sicily, in particular in the famous Valle dei Templi in Agrigento. By 3:30 we had checked in to our hotel in Agrigento and then we left for the the nearby Valley of …

Margie Miklas takes us to Rome’s Central Park, discovering many new things on the way. In a city of almost three million people, I always enjoy finding a place to get away from it all. When I needed a break …