Memoirs of a Solo Traveler - My Love Affair with Italy

by Margie Miklas

Overview

The first time Margie Miklas went to Italy she fell in love with the country and the people. Having dreamed of the chance to return and stay for an extended period of time, she embarked on a solo adventure and left for Italy in the spring of 2011. Spending months planning an itinerary that would take her to almost every region of Italy from the Aosta Valley to Sicily, she traveled to over fifty towns in the three months she spent there. Not speaking Italian, she learned the language by taking private lessons from a teacher who grew up in Italy. Armed with this knowledge, she was able to communicate with people she met along the way, and experience the lifestyle and culture of the Italian people. She went back to the villages of her grandparents, walked the same streets they had walked, and discovered cousins she never knew she had. "Memoirs of a Solo Traveler - My Love Affair with Italy" is based on Margie's blog, margieinitaly, which she wrote from Italy.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780615694337
Publisher:	Margie Miklas
Publication date:	09/07/2012
Pages:	250
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.53(d)

About the Author

Margie Miklas is a writer, photographer, and critical-care nurse, who has a passion for travel, with a particular love of Italy. She writes travel articles for several websites and the monthly newspaper, La Gazzetta Italiana.

Margie lives in Port St Lucie, Florida where she works in a cardiovascular intensive care unit, and is always seeking out opportunities to travel, especially to Italy.

When she isn't working or writing, she enjoys spending time with her twin granddaughters, going to the beach,and working in her garden.

Margie writes a blog, margieinitaly, where you can follow her adventures throughout Italy. "Memoirs of a Solo Traveler - My Love Affair with Italy" is Margie's first book and it is based on her three month solo adventure in Italy.

Follow Margie on Twitter @margiemiklas and Facebook http://www.facebook.com/MargieMiklasAuthor