I have a holiday home in Le Marche and write this blog to share my love of the region, encourage visitors and help you get the most out of your stay. I see myself as a “critical friend” of Italy, but that doesn’t mean I don’t love the place! I have been visiting regularly since 1993 and regard the region as my second home.
Ho una casa di villeggiatura a Corinaldo nella provincia di Ancona, Regione Marche. Frequento Corinaldo da 1993 e desidero condividere il mio affetto e la mia esperienza della zona con gli altri. Gli italiani sono sinceramente invitati a correggere gli sbagli.
Hill towns of Le Marche, Italy 
I think I am going to enjoy your posts Lyn
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Thanks for the Follow, Lyn. I certainly enjoyed your posts about Le Marche. I hope my posts will tempt you to visit the northern part of the region.
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I would love to return one day. I have friends who live part of each year in Villarella near Pievebovigliano
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I am so impressed that you blog in both English and Italian! I’m trying to learn at least a little Italian myself for an upcoming trip to Italy and it’s harder than I was expecting. Hopefully reading your blog will help me improve!
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Hi! Don’t worry about being criticcal of Italy – I think most people who live here are, including the Italians. It doesn’t mean we don’t love the country or enjoy what it has to offer. I live in Abruzzo – have you ever been here?
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Thanks for those encouraging words, Katrina.
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And thanks for the Like!
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No I’ve never been to Abruzzo but it sounds beautiful and unspoilt. Maybe this summer. ..
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Hi – I was so pleased to find your blog. We have family who live in the Marche (near to Sarnano), and as a public librarian I’ve always been fascinated to find out more about local towns/villages and which ones have libraries so I can visit and make some comparisons. Your blog is fantastically helpful and it’s so great to know there are fellow librarians in the region 🙂
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Thank you for your comment . The public libraries of Le Marche are a an unappreciated treasure trove and have been under-exploited as a tourist attraction. So glad another librarian appreciates them. Have you seen my other blog -https://beautifulbooksinitaly.wordpress.com/.
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Now that I’m aware of it, I will ensure to start following – I visited the home and library of Giocomo Leopardi a couple of summers ago, as well as Fermo, both of which were stunning!
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Yes, I had a look at Fermo, which was indeed impressive, but didn’t have long enough. Did you have to make a special appt to see the Leopardi library?
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The Leopardi library you can just turn up to – or at least we did – its like a museum now. They have an exhibition about his life underneath the house and then you go on group tours around the library itself – fascinating, but nothing in English at all, so I was desperately trying to translate in my broken Italian!
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Thanks for the info. I will check on line to see if it’s chiusa in the summer holidays.
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I’ve been in both July and August, there weren’t any issues that I can remember, but I think there were specific days in the week it was closed. They had a lot of school tours I also recall!
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Thanks, I will phone before I go. In my family we now use the word “chiuso” to mean “closed when you would have thought it would be open”.
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Buonasera.
Ho conosciuto lo scorso anno una signora inglese a Corinaldo, alla presentazione di un mio libro sull’Africa, e credo che sia lei a gestire questo interessante blog. Vorrei complimentarmi con lei per come tratta con amore (ma anche con la giusta critica!) la mia terra. Seguo il suo blog con sommo piacere e in ogni nuovo articolo scopro qualcosa di nuovo.
Le auguro una buona permanenza nella mia regione.
Marco Sensi
(Naturalmente se non è lei la signora in questione, porgo le mie scuse per l’equivoco!)
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Purtroppo non sono stata io; non ero a Corinaldo in giugno 2015. Chi poteva essere? Comunque sono molto contenta che Le piace il mio modesto blog. Fra poco tornero’ a Corinaldo e non ne vedo l’ora.
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Hi!
I’m Eleonora and I live in Senigallia. What do you think if we meet one day?
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Being critical of Italy is good and Italians are the first critics of Italy 😉
I will love to read about your pov on Italy, it’s always interesting to me to see my country through the eyes of people coming from abroad 🙂
Ciao,
SaRA
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And interesting for me to see italy through the eyes of Italians … what you like and don’t like about the Belpaese.
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I honestly think Italy is a great place for holidays and for studying history, art and culture in general, but living here!? *SIGH* It’s becoming a nightmare…
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