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activities that are hard to set up on your
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riding, visiting a farm that turns into a
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If you could bring home one piece of
Italian life what would it be?ŀ EFOOD
wine, and the proximity to a really great
supermarket! I also love that everyone
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What common misconceptions do
many have about traveling to Italy? I
really wish people would look beyond
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What does it mean to be a good trav-
eler? 'LEXIBILITYISKEY:OUHˬVETOBERE
ally open to trying new things and maybe
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What's the most challenging part of
leading these trips? A lot of people say
it sounds like a dream job—but a lot of
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the researching, but there can be lots of
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For example, I wanted to visit this
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I ended up getting a hold of him and said I
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we were going to go home and when I
told him—I was calling in spring for a
fall trip—he said, 'Oh my god, I could
be dead by then! Call me back!' [laughs]
So you have to just hope some of this is
going to work out—and that's probably
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Any packing tips? Don't pack too much!
I've worked on this for several years and
what I do is pack everything and then
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It's so liberating to travel light and so
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Don't leave home without…Bubble
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or olive oil home and use bubble wrap to
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