<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - Italy</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/travel/archive/abroad/europe/italy?nav=rss_travel/archive/abroad/europe/italy</link><description>Italy</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>washingtonpost.com</title><width>140</width><height>20</height><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com</link><url>http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif</url></image><item><title><![CDATA[Vesuvius, Plugged]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61796-2005Jan9.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/abroad/europe/italy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61796-2005Jan9.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/abroad/europe/italy</guid><pubDate>Mon, 10 Jan 2005 20:49:41 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A cigarette and a cup of coffee are linked in Italian habits about as closely as spaghetti and tomato sauce, so a stiff new smoking ban in public indoor places, including cafes, bars and restaurants, has sparked a serious controversy.]]></description><author> Daniel Williams</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hitting a High Note  in Milan]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A62689-2004Nov19.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/abroad/europe/italy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A62689-2004Nov19.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/abroad/europe/italy</guid><pubDate>Mon, 10 Jan 2005 20:49:41 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ WHAT:  Music lovers soon can resume their pilgrimages to Milan's La Scala opera house, where "Madama Butterfly" flopped on its opening night in 1904 and Maria Callas sang her way to stardom in the 1950s.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[When in Rome, Eat Well for Less]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35743-2004Oct15.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/abroad/europe/italy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35743-2004Oct15.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/abroad/europe/italy</guid><pubDate>Mon, 10 Jan 2005 20:49:41 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Rome guidebooks say an inexpensive meal in the Italian capital costs under $30, but on  a recent visit, I was determined to spend less. And I did. Including snacks, drinks and lunches -- with continental breakfast included at our two-star hotel -- my husband and I spent under $250 on food for a week.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pining Away for Old Rome]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A17910-2004Oct8.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/abroad/europe/italy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A17910-2004Oct8.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/abroad/europe/italy</guid><pubDate>Mon, 10 Jan 2005 20:49:41 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Benito Mussolini reportedly admired Ottorino Respighi. It's not clear whether the Italian composer returned the feelings. I hasten to add that what Il Duce loved about Respighi was his 1924 tone poem, "The Pines of Rome." Listen to it and you can hear why: It concludes with a goose-pimply evocation of Italy's past glories. It also reflects youthful energy, serene beauty and undying spirits.]]></description><author> Jerry V. Haines</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sure, It's Real! Real Fake.]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A14779-2004Sep11.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/abroad/europe/italy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A14779-2004Sep11.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/abroad/europe/italy</guid><pubDate>Mon, 10 Jan 2005 20:49:41 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[SALERNO -- Museum curator Salvatore Casillo eagerly awaits the arrival of hundreds of modern art masterpieces. Andy Warhol prints, color-splashed collages by Mimmo Rotella, an oil by Enrico Baj from his satiric "Generals" series and still lifes by Renato Guttuso.]]></description><author> Daniel Williams</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Of Lakes and Lanes  In  Northern Italy]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12017-2004Sep10.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/abroad/europe/italy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12017-2004Sep10.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/abroad/europe/italy</guid><pubDate>Mon, 10 Jan 2005 20:49:41 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[We did not set off to tour cathedrals and museums, formal gardens and important villas. That had been the agenda, and a marvelous one, on previous visits to Italy.]]></description><author> Susan Harb</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Seeking Exile in Elba]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A18947-2004Aug20.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/abroad/europe/italy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A18947-2004Aug20.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/abroad/europe/italy</guid><pubDate>Mon, 10 Jan 2005 20:49:41 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[There was logic, I suppose, in sending Napoleon to Elba.]]></description><author> Robert V. Camuto</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Model Behavior at a Milan Club]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45675-2004Aug6.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/abroad/europe/italy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45675-2004Aug6.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/abroad/europe/italy</guid><pubDate>Mon, 10 Jan 2005 20:49:41 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[    WHAT:  Hollywood Rythmoteque, a classic dance club and model magnet.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Venice's Little Plates]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A18113-2004Jul27.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/abroad/europe/italy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A18113-2004Jul27.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/abroad/europe/italy</guid><pubDate>Mon, 10 Jan 2005 20:49:41 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[In all of Italy, there is hardly cooking with a stronger regional flavor than Venice's.]]></description><author> Daniel Williams</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[9 Hotels for Roman Holidays]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A23529-2004Jul2.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/abroad/europe/italy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A23529-2004Jul2.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/abroad/europe/italy</guid><pubDate>Mon, 10 Jan 2005 20:49:41 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[In  Rome, the appeal of the monuments may be eternal but that of the hotel rates  is not. Room prices in the Italian capital are rising faster than in any other city in Europe, by the account of the HotelBenchmark Survey. Travelers who can find an attractive three-star property in a central neighborhood for $150 a night should grab it. There are less pricey options in outlying neighborhoods, but the added cost and time spent getting to attractions dampens their appeal.]]></description><author> Gary Lee</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Right Bean]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A14236-2004Jun29.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/abroad/europe/italy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A14236-2004Jun29.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/abroad/europe/italy</guid><pubDate>Mon, 10 Jan 2005 20:49:41 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[In the days when many Italian mountain hamlets were little stony worlds unto themselves, farmers boasted of their own particular beans. In Italy, a bean is not a bean is not a bean.]]></description><author> Daniel Williams</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Italy's Greatest Hit]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A5448-2004Jun25.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/abroad/europe/italy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A5448-2004Jun25.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/abroad/europe/italy</guid><pubDate>Mon, 10 Jan 2005 20:49:41 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[I love the great outdoors: the Zen of walking amid majestic, unspoiled scenery for hours on end.]]></description><author> Robert V. Camuto</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Falling for Florence]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45443-2004May21.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/abroad/europe/italy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45443-2004May21.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/abroad/europe/italy</guid><pubDate>Mon, 10 Jan 2005 20:49:41 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Before you go to Florence, people who have been there will inevitably say, "Oh, Florence is beautiful." You won't be the first to wonder upon arriving what they're talking about. Aldous Huxley couldn't wait to split, writing to his brother that the place was "a third-rate provincial town," and D.H. Lawrence was equally blunt. "I don't much like the place; never did." Dylan Thomas thought it was "a grueling museum," and Dostoevsky went absolutely nuts in Florence, entering the Uffizi and then immediately running wild-eyed out to the street. Totally off his head, he forgot that he was the great champion of suffering humanity, being nasty to waiters to the point where one man said, "Don't you realize that I'm a human being, too?"]]></description><author> Ambrose Clancy</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Homage to the Pig]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A4404-2003Dec16.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/abroad/europe/italy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A4404-2003Dec16.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/abroad/europe/italy</guid><pubDate>Mon, 10 Jan 2005 20:49:41 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[CASTELNUOVO RANGONE, Italy<br>Here's this year's Food section Christmas Pop Quiz:]]></description><author> Daniel Williams</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the Italian Hills, Creating Intense Flavor]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9470-2003Oct23.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/abroad/europe/italy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9470-2003Oct23.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/abroad/europe/italy</guid><pubDate>Mon, 10 Jan 2005 20:49:41 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A visit to Podere La Costa, where 30-odd acres of Tuscan <em>frantoio </em>olive trees have been known to produce some of the most intensely flavored oil in Italy and, it follows, the world.]]></description><author> Robert V. Camuto</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Slow Down, You're in Sardinia]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8826-2003Oct10.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/abroad/europe/italy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8826-2003Oct10.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/abroad/europe/italy</guid><pubDate>Mon, 10 Jan 2005 20:49:41 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Sardinia is Italy, but it is not Tuscany or Sicily or Rome. My husband and I know very little about the island, which is one of the reasons we're going.]]></description><author> Esther Cohen</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[In Italy, They Want Foods All-Natural]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1421-2003Jun1.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/abroad/europe/italy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1421-2003Jun1.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/abroad/europe/italy</guid><pubDate>Mon, 10 Jan 2005 20:49:41 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Italians aren't so much against "Frankenstein food," as newspapers call the genetically modified products, as they are opposed to a general homogenization it represents. <FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2" color="#666666"><B>- By Daniel Williams</B></FONT>]]></description><author> Daniel Williams</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[ROME]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A25998-2003Mar14.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/abroad/europe/italy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A25998-2003Mar14.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/abroad/europe/italy</guid><pubDate>Mon, 10 Jan 2005 20:49:41 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Some of Rome's best-hidden secrets are tucked away in the villages of the surrounding Lazio region. The Roman countryside, known as the Campagna Romana, graces the canvases of most 18th- and 19th-century Italian landscape artists. Seeing and breathing the spirit of this landscape in what the Romans call a <em>scampagnata</em> -- literally, an escape into the countryside -- is part of appreciating the Eternal City.]]></description><author> Sheila H. Pierce</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Knife, Fork and Skis]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8966-2003Feb14.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/abroad/europe/italy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8966-2003Feb14.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/abroad/europe/italy</guid><pubDate>Mon, 10 Jan 2005 20:49:41 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[In Italy's Piedmont region, site of the 2006 Winter Olympics, superb skiing meets stellar food and wine.]]></description><author>Robert V. Camuto</author></item></channel></rss>