Part-time Italian

A distracted American, an Abruzzo vacation home.
What could go wrong?

At Home in Fossacesia

Around Abruzzo

Around Italy

Mar 25
8 min

Le Bestie di Trieste

Okay, I'll admit it. That title is trying hard to be clever across two languages: In the Italian, "the beasts of Trieste" is a reference...

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Sep 12, 2023
9 min

Ups & Downs on the Amalfi Coast

There’s a lot to say about nine days with five family members in such a stunning and storied spot as the Amalfi Coast. In the interest of...

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May 10, 2023
3 min

Thinking Pink

Well, while many of you anglophools* were watching a florid Charles shuffle to the throne, I was watching the start of the race that...

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About

I’m a New Yorker with one toe in Italy, having bought a small vacation home in Abruzzo 12 years ago. So I’m a visitor in a somewhat familiar land and a homeowner on pretty unfamiliar ground.

Part-time resident, part-time tourist, I’ve landed in Italy more times than I can count.

I’m no longer breathlessly besotted by the country; nor am I at all indifferent to its charms.

These are postcards of my experiences. I hope they’ll be of interest to other part-time Italians, however they be defined.

—Kathryn Casey

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