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Italian Roots and GenealogyWhat are the best small towns to visit in Tuscany?Send us a textIlene and Gary Modica, residents of Lucca for 4 years give us some of their favorite places in Tuscany to visit. You can find all 31 in their latest book "Tuscany Treasures". https://amzn.to/43q8LL0 #tuscanytravel #luccaTuscany TreasuresUncover the hidden gems of Tuscany with this vibrant guidebook. Get town highlights and more.Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Support the showPurchase my book "Farmers and...
2025-03-0811 min
Italian Roots and GenealogyTuscany TreasuresSend us a textIn this engaging conversation, Bob Sorrentino speaks with Ilene and Gary Modica, authors of 'Tuscany Treasures.' They share their journey of obtaining dual citizenship through Gary's grandfather, their experiences living in Lucca, and the process of selecting the perfect Italian town. The Modicas discuss their unique approach to writing a guidebook focused on local festivals and traditions, as well as the importance of experiencing the authentic Italian culture found in smaller towns. They also provide insights on navigating Tuscany, the challenges of citizenship, and their top recommendations for must-visit towns in the...
2025-03-0742 min
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2024-03-3138 min
Flavor of Italy podcastLucca, the Jewel of TuscanyBlogger couple Ilene and Gary Modica of Our Italian Journey share why they chose Lucca in Tuscany for their retirement home almost from the moment they entered this charming walled city. Lucca is a city on the Serchio river in Italy’s Tuscany region. It’s known for the well-preserved Renaissance walls encircling its historic city center and its cobblestone streets. Broad, tree-lined pathways along the tops of these massive 16th- and 17th-century ramparts are popular for strolling and cycling. Casa di Puccini, where the great opera composer was born, is now a house museum. - Google Food...
2024-01-2326 min
Don’t Miss The Award-Winning Full Audiobook Now, Thriller Fans!Our Italian Journey: Living Our Dream in Italy for One Year by Ilene and Gary ModicaPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/70429to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Our Italian Journey: Living Our Dream in Italy for One Year
Series: Our Italian Journey Adventure, Book 1
Author: Ilene and Gary Modica
Narrator: Ilene Modica, Gary Modica
Format: mp3
Length: 10 hrs
Release date: 11-17-23
Ratings: 4.5 out of 5 stars, 20 ratings
Genres: Adventure Travel
Publisher's Summary:
Imagine living in Italy for one full year. This was always the dream and promise Ilene and Gary made to each other. This story is an invitation to witness the magic of Italy through the eyes of two new Italian citizens. Listen to their...
2023-11-1730 minGet Hooked On The Transformative Full Audiobook Experience!Our Italian Journey: Living Our Dream in Italy for One Year by Ilene and Gary ModicaPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/58775to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Our Italian Journey: Living Our Dream in Italy for One Year
Series: Our Italian Journey Adventure, Book 1
Author: Ilene and Gary Modica
Narrator: Ilene Modica, Gary Modica
Format: mp3
Length: 10 hrs
Release date: 11-17-23
Ratings: 4.5 out of 5 stars, 20 ratings
Genres: Adventurers, Explorers & Survival
Publisher's Summary:
Imagine living in Italy for one full year. This was always the dream and promise Ilene and Gary made to each other. This story is an invitation to witness the magic of Italy through the eyes of two new Italian citizens. Listen to...
2023-11-1730 minAbsorb A Life-Enhancing Full Audiobook On Your Commute.Our Italian Journey: Living Our Dream in Italy for One Year by Ilene and Gary ModicaPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/58775to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Our Italian Journey: Living Our Dream in Italy for One Year
Series: Our Italian Journey Adventure, Book 1
Author: Ilene and Gary Modica
Narrator: Ilene Modica, Gary Modica
Format: mp3
Length: 10 hrs
Release date: 11-17-23
Ratings: 4.5 out of 5 stars, 20 ratings
Genres: Adventurers, Explorers & Survival
Publisher's Summary:
Imagine living in Italy for one full year. This was always the dream and promise Ilene and Gary made to each other. This story is an invitation to witness the magic of Italy through the eyes of two new Italian citizens. Listen to...
2023-11-1730 minPower-Up With The Next-Level Full Audiobook Now, Thriller Fans!Our Italian Journey: Living Our Dream in Italy for One Year by Ilene and Gary ModicaPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/70429to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Our Italian Journey: Living Our Dream in Italy for One Year
Series: Our Italian Journey Adventure, Book 1
Author: Ilene and Gary Modica
Narrator: Ilene Modica, Gary Modica
Format: mp3
Length: 10 hrs
Release date: 11-17-23
Ratings: 4.5 out of 5 stars, 20 ratings
Genres: Adventure Travel
Publisher's Summary:
Imagine living in Italy for one full year. This was always the dream and promise Ilene and Gary made to each other. This story is an invitation to witness the magic of Italy through the eyes of two new Italian citizens. Listen to their...
2023-11-1730 minEnjoy The Full Audiobook Everyone Is Talking About — So High-Impact!Our Italian Journey: Living Our Dream in Italy for One Year by Ilene and Gary ModicaPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/71780to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Our Italian Journey: Living Our Dream in Italy for One Year
Series: Our Italian Journey Adventure, Book 1
Author: Ilene and Gary Modica
Narrator: Ilene Modica, Gary Modica
Format: mp3
Length: 10 hrs
Release date: 11-17-23
Ratings: 4.5 out of 5 stars, 20 ratings
Genres: Europe
Publisher's Summary:
Imagine living in Italy for one full year. This was always the dream and promise Ilene and Gary made to each other. This story is an invitation to witness the magic of Italy through the eyes of two new Italian citizens. Listen to their own...
2023-11-1730 minImmerse Yourself In This Vivid Full Audiobook And Feel The Difference.Our Italian Journey: Living Our Dream in Italy for One Year by Ilene and Gary ModicaPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/71780to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Our Italian Journey: Living Our Dream in Italy for One Year
Series: Our Italian Journey Adventure, Book 1
Author: Ilene and Gary Modica
Narrator: Ilene Modica, Gary Modica
Format: mp3
Length: 10 hrs
Release date: 11-17-23
Ratings: 4.5 out of 5 stars, 20 ratings
Genres: Europe
Publisher's Summary:
Imagine living in Italy for one full year. This was always the dream and promise Ilene and Gary made to each other. This story is an invitation to witness the magic of Italy through the eyes of two new Italian citizens. Listen to their own...
2023-11-1730 minIgnite A Full Audiobook That Is Simply Next-Level.Our Italian Journey: Living Our Dream in Italy for One Year by Ilene and Gary ModicaPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/58775to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Our Italian Journey: Living Our Dream in Italy for One Year
Series: Our Italian Journey Adventure, Book 1
Author: Ilene and Gary Modica
Narrator: Ilene Modica, Gary Modica
Format: mp3
Length: 10 hrs
Release date: 11-17-23
Ratings: 4.5 out of 5 stars, 20 ratings
Genres: Adventurers, Explorers & Survival
Publisher's Summary:
Imagine living in Italy for one full year. This was always the dream and promise Ilene and Gary made to each other. This story is an invitation to witness the magic of Italy through the eyes of two new Italian citizens. Listen to...
2023-11-1730 minImmerse Yourself In Into A Transformative Full Audiobook On A Rainy Day.Our Italian Journey: Living Our Dream in Italy for One Year by Ilene and Gary ModicaPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/2210to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Our Italian Journey: Living Our Dream in Italy for One Year
Series: Our Italian Journey Adventure, Book 1
Author: Ilene and Gary Modica
Narrator: Ilene Modica, Gary Modica
Format: mp3
Length: 10 hrs
Release date: 11-17-23
Ratings: 4.5 out of 5 stars, 20 ratings
Genres: Adventurers, Explorers & Survival
Publisher's Summary:
Imagine living in Italy for one full year. This was always the dream and promise Ilene and Gary made to each other. This story is an invitation to witness the magic of Italy through the eyes of two new Italian citizens. Listen to...
2023-11-1730 minExperience Into A Riveting Full Audiobook Before Bedtime.Our Italian Journey: Living Our Dream in Italy for One Year by Ilene and Gary ModicaPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/70429to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Our Italian Journey: Living Our Dream in Italy for One Year
Series: Our Italian Journey Adventure, Book 1
Author: Ilene and Gary Modica
Narrator: Ilene Modica, Gary Modica
Format: mp3
Length: 10 hrs
Release date: 11-17-23
Ratings: 4.5 out of 5 stars, 20 ratings
Genres: Adventure Travel
Publisher's Summary:
Imagine living in Italy for one full year. This was always the dream and promise Ilene and Gary made to each other. This story is an invitation to witness the magic of Italy through the eyes of two new Italian citizens. Listen to their...
2023-11-1730 min
Affordable Italy: Living la Dolce Vita on a BootstringItaly’s Affordable Towns: Lucca, Tuscany, with Our Italian Journey’s Gary and Ilene ModicaAffordability is generally NOT a concept much associated with Italy's Tuscan region. The epicenter of all things Renaissance is often depicted in films with heavenly landscapes and hilltop towns, and books often describe its idyllic setting amidst some of Italy's most delightful sensory experiences. Many of us have swooned for decades. But affordable?? Can someone ACTUALLY live in Tuscany affordably? Believe it or not, Gary and Ilene Modica of Our Italian Journey do.
They are accomplished authors and bloggers sharing their own journey to a life in Italy with a mission to help enourage others to make...
2023-10-161h 12Affordable Italy: Living la Dolce Vita on a BootstringItaly’s Affordable Towns: Lucca, Tuscany, with Our Italian Journey’s Gary and Ilene ModicaAffordability is generally NOT a concept much associated with Italy's Tuscan region. The epicenter of all things Renaissance is often depicted in films with heavenly landscapes and hilltop towns, and books often describe its idyllic setting amidst some of Italy's most delightful sensory experiences. Many of us have swooned for decades. But affordable?? Can someone ACTUALLY live in Tuscany affordably? Believe it or not, Gary and Ilene Modica of Our Italian Journey do.
They are accomplished authors and bloggers sharing their own journey to a life in Italy with a mission to help enourage others to make...
2023-10-161h 12
The Honkytonk Jukebox ShowThe Honkytonk Jukebox Show #115 ( Dallas )Susan Raye - Dallas Fort Worth Regional Airport ( KBOX )Steve Spurgin - Goodbye Dallas County ( 3J )Kenny Seratt - Saturday Night In Dallas ( MDJ )Orville Couch - Cheat On Me Now ( Bollman )Kirby Blackwell - Two Worlds ( Jamaka )Eddie Ray - Do It Right Now ( Palms )Ilene Rushing - Shake It Baby ( Bollman )Phil Baugh - Country Guitar II ( Toro )Debbie Lee - Trucker's Wife ( Mustang )Ray O'Daniel - What Goes Up Always Comes Down ( Longhorn )
2023-08-2759 min
Retire There with Gil & GeneE131 Retire in Lucca, ItalyHave you ever dreamed of residing within the walls of a walled city? If so, Lucca, Italy, might be the perfect destination for you. With its lively cafes and medieval architecture, living within the historic wall seems glorious. Ilene and Gary Modica moved from Arizona to Lucca and consider this Tuscan city their true home. To learn more about the alluring “cafe culture” of this amazing city, tune in to Episode 131 of Retire There with Gil & Gene.Check out Ilene and Gary’s award winning blog, Our Italian Journe...
2023-04-151h 05
Life in Lucca with AndreaS2 #1 with Ilene & Gary Modica My guests this week are Ilene and Gary Modica. In 2010 they left Phoenix, Arizona for a holiday in Italy, and this was not only the start of a love affair with Italy, but also the start of many amazing adventures. I interviewed Ilene and Gary in September 2021, and they revealed that they had travelled to 86 Italian towns and cities, before choosing Lucca as their ‘forever home’. They have documented their travels and adventures and are award winning bloggers, and co-authors of the books, Our Italian Journey, and When your Heart finds its Home. This is a really engaging, open and...
2023-01-231h 24
Italian Roots and GenealogyOur Italian JourneySend us a textCatch this great interview with Ilene and Gary Modica who downsized, packed up and spent a year touring Italy. Their book and blog chronicles their journey and quest for Italian citizenship.https://ouritalianjourney.comhttp://www.facebook.com/ouritalianjourneyhttp://www.instagram.com/italianjourney/Turnkey. The only thing you’ll lift are your spirits.Our Italian JourneyGreat book for those looking to get Italian citizenship or relocate to ItalyItalian Marketplace LLCOnline tee shirts, hoodies and more for Ita...
2021-03-1841 min
Speaking of WritersThe Queen of Tuesday A Lucille Ball Story By Darin StraussOn the heels of his National Book Critics Circle Award-winning memoir Half a Life, Darin Strauss, author of the New York Times bestseller Chang & Eng, presents us with a wild and indelible story based on the loves and losses of Lucille Ball, the woman who became Hollywood’s first true female mogul while navigating a tumultuous personal life.
In The Queen of Tuesday, Strauss mixes fact and fiction, memoir and novel, to bring us face-to-face with one of the world’s most remarkable entertainers. The novel begins with a daring conceit: that the author’s grandfather, Isidore Straus...
2020-10-0112 min
DLI - Direito Líquido IncertoDLI - #28 – Novas Tecnologias no Mercado de Capitais – com Ilene Noronha NajjarianNesse episódio, nossa equipe recebe a Doutora, Professora e Procuradora Federal junto à CVM Ilene Patrícia Noronha Najjarian (Currículo Lattes: http://lattes.cnpq.br/4820858456149743; LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ilene-patricia-noronha-najjarian-28a72168), para uma conversa sobre o impacto das novas tecnologias e da inteligência artificial no mercado de capitais, bem como sobre os esforços para a sua regulamentação por parte das entidades fiscalizadoras, continuando nossa série sobre a Inteligência Artificial no Direito.
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A LAVANDERIA: O ESCÂNDALO DOS PAPEIS DO PANAMÁ (The Laundromat), Direção: Steven Soderbergh. Produção: Steven Soderbergh, Scott...
2020-06-0155 min
Mouse Lounge PodcastMouse Lounge -- Season 07 -- Episode 01 -- January 16, 2013(((HEADPHONES STRONGLY RECOMMENDED)))
From the Disney Archives: In 1949 Disney was hard at work on another princess film which could make or break the studio, Cinderella. Ilene Woods, who provided the singing and speaking voice of Cinderella, and Eleanor Audley, famous as the step mother and later nine years later, Maleficent in Sleeping Beauty take on the roles of Snow White and the Wicked Queen in this RCA Victor Little Nipper storybook album, narrated by Dennis Day.
In those days before the existence of Disneyland Records, it was common for other labels to license the songs, sc...
2013-01-161h 16