Myra Robinson

Letters from Veneto: End of Season Celebrations

January 2024
The weeks leading up to Christmas were pleasurable here, as opposed to frenetic and commercialized as they are elsewhere. The local Christmas Market along the canal was the first event, with the rowing club (all dressed as Santa Claus) taking...


Letters from Veneto: Commissioning a Landscape Painting

November 2023
La scrittrice Myra Robinson, americana, ha da 20 anni un appartamento in Veneto. Purtroppo, deve metterlo in vendita. Ha deciso di assumere un artista per dipingere le viste e il terreno vicino all'appartamento. L'artista, Julian Vilarrubi, è...


Letters from Veneto: A Magical Evening

October 2023
Italians are probably the most hospitable people in the world! A couple of weeks ago I received an invitation from friends in the next village for an “aperocena” (which I translate as ‘drinks and dinner’). I was looking forward to it all day, as...


Developing an Unspoiled Area for Sustainable Tourism

September 2023
How do you reconcile preserving a beautiful unknown and unspoiled area with attracting more tourists and expanding tourism to help the local economy? This is the problem faced by the Colli Euganee (Euganean Hills), a lovely area of extinct...


Letters from Veneto: How the Veneto Changed My Life

August 2023
La scrittrice Myra Robinson riflette sulla sua vita negli ultimi 16 anni mentre viveva in Veneto. La signora si è trasferita in Italia dopo essere andata in pensione e ha deciso di acquistare un piccolo appartamento a 56 km da Venezia a Battaglia...


Letters from Veneto: June

July 2023
Suddenly everything is gathering pace for the summer season. Posters are appearing on trees telling us about the latest festivals and outdoor events, and it is often hard to choose what to do on weekends. I love the Pea Festival in the village of...


Letters from Veneto: May Celebrations

June 2023
May has already been a very busy month here in Italy.  We got off to a lucky start when the forecasted rain for the Canale Fiorito Festival on May 1 didn’t materialize, and the whole thing went wonderfully until the rain finally arrived at 6...


Cheese Making

May 2023
Quite often when I am living in my little apartment, I’ll hear a voice from the street, calling me. As I am on the second floor, I open the shutters and windows and step out onto the balcony, but I can usually guess who it is, my friend...


Letters from Veneto: Life in Italy

May 2023
Living in Italy isn’t all sunshine, wine, great food, art and architecture (although, really, it mostly is!). Sometimes the bureaucracy just gets you down. This letter from the Veneto describes some of the challenges of living in Italy. We have...


Letters from the Veneto

April 2023
If you think that the Veneto extends for miles along a featureless plain, think again. The town of Asolo is perfectly situated among the cypresses in the foothills of the Dolomites just 47 miles from Venice. It is a tiny walled town once ruled by...


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