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Many local residents already joined the WEP summer program to welcome a Italian high school teen coming to Somers area for 3 weeks mid July! Sign up to host one of the remaining students!   The students will live with our local families to experience the daily life of the American people. During the weekdays, they will have a rich enhancemen...

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Registration for our Photography Tour is underway and we are excited about the number of photographers that are going to join us in Tuscany for great photography, fine dining, and seeing the best of Tuscany. We are going to have lots of fun along the way, sharing tips and photos and enjoying our craft.   As a special incentive we are offerin...

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Rimettere il visto per i turisti italiani negli Usa? E' la proposta di alcuni parlamentari Usa: vorrebbero eliminare l'attuale programma Esta, che esenta dal visto i cittadini Ue e prevede una procedura facilitata (online) per i soggiorni turistici di tre mesi.   Troppo facile per un jihadista entrare in America col passaporto europeo, secon...

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Alitalia's new chairman aims to make the airline profitable in 2017 following its takeover by Emirates-based Etihad Airways. Luca Cordero di Montezemolo also told reporters in Rome Tuesday: "Today there are the conditions, enthusiasm, economic and financial willingness to start the new era of Alitalia."   Alitalia's new strategy envisio...

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By Tim Jepson No wonder Sicily has such fine food. Geography and history have bequeathed the island a culinary tradition that draws on dishes from the ancient Greeks, Arabs and Normans, and from as far afield as Spain, Greece, North Africa and the Middle East. To this can be added a wealth of ingredients that is exceptional even by Italian stand...

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Tourists from all over the world travel to Italy each year and many of them return again and again after falling in love with the passion and the beauty of the country.   However, according to Lisa Condie from the Huffington Post, there are few things that Italians want Americans to know before you arrive in the boot-shaped peninsula.  ...

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By Mary Cadden Forget Lake Como, that body of water is SO over. It's all about the coast of Italy, the Amalfi coast to be exact. And Celebs know the Italian port city of Positano is the perfect spot to vacation this summer. It sure is where we want to go. Home to the lemon liqueur Limoncello and gorgeous sunsets, Positano is quickly becoming the g...

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Using an expression inspired by the Gospel, some have described monasteries as "voices crying out in the desert" of medieval Europe, with echoes in our contemporary history.   Since the 5th century, when the curtain slowly but inexorably drew on Rome's millenary pomp, monasteries gradually turned into essential reference points on the stage...

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The ruins of the ancient Greek city of Morgantina sit high on a hill in eastern Sicily. There are cherry trees, wildflowers and total stillness, save for the sound of bird song. The area has long been sacred to Persephone; legend has it that Hades pulled that goddess into the underworld by a nearby lake.   It was here at Morgantina, just out...

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American Airlines Group annuncia i collegamenti stagionali fra l’Italia e gli Stati Uniti per l’estate 2015, offrendo ai passeggeri italiani ulteriori opzioni per raggiungere dagli aeroporti di Milano, Roma e Venezia alcuni dei principali hub della compagnia, dai quali potranno proseguire verso numerose destinazioni tra Stati Uniti, Caraibi e Ameri...

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