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Is Planning a trip to Europe like Planning a Wedding?
Southern Italian Beach Ciao Belli, So you are finally taking the plunge. You are finally going to Europe. This to many people is akin to planning a young girl’s wedding. It doesn’t happen often, it is...
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An Italian Itinerary Like No Other
Sabbia D’Oro Ciaoissimi Belli! Summer is almost here and with it, my chance to really cut loose and travel freely. As you know I love Italy and everything Italian so I tend to focus my travel attention...
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The Perfect Itinerary For a Trip To Morocco
Ciao Bellisimi! As you know I occasionally receive request from other travel bloggers to write posts for Chasing La Bella Vita. I love this as many go places I have not gone yet and I love sharing them...
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In Space No One Can Hear you Pee.
Please do not throw baby diapers, female hygiene material, bags of rotisserie chicken from the Safeway, specimen cups and vodka bottles in the airplane toilet In Space No One Can Hear You Pee; And...
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Rome’s Jewish Ghetto, A Beautiful Little Secret
Jewish Ghetto from our apartment window Ciao Belli! A jet-lagged but happy and relaxed Chris here typing to you about the wonders Pete and I have seen on our recent jaunt to Italy. We started out in...
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A Newbie’s Guide to Seeing Australia
Ciao Bellisimi, Recently I have been the happy recipient of travel blog posts from talented and intrepid bloggers who specialize in parts of the world that I am unfamiliar with. As you know from the...
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San Giuseppe and Dog the Blasphemer
Southern Italy Ciao Belli! It is with light hearted and erudite finger that I take to my keyboard today to tell you I have been taking a class on essay writing through The Great Courses. I love these...
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Why is Integrity so… Lonely?
Truth Ciao Bellisimi, A slightly confused Chris here taking puzzled finger to concrete and therefore real keyboard in an attempt to use you as a sounding board and thus work some things out in my mind....
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2017! Detox Your Body and Reboot your Life
SINNING! Ciao Bellissimi! A slightly toxic and choclafied Chris here taking chastened finger to sticky keyboard to write to you about starting over. Don’t you love that? Starting Over. It has such...
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The Coziest Places to Stay in Australia
Australia Ciao again Bellismi, My friend Emma from Down Under has graciously sent me an article she wrote about her native Australia. Before she swam into my radar I had no reality on Australia at...
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Southern Italy for the Intrepid Traveler
View of the Mediterranean from my balcony Ciao Bellis! Anyone who knows me knows I have a special place in my heart for Southern Italy. It is an undiscovered paradise and if you are a traveler as...
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The Stadium of Domitian
Piazza Navona Ciao Bellissimi! Well, Summer is fast approaching and it is time to start taking out the maps and hitting the internet in order to plan our vacations. Italy is always top of the list and...
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Reflection; When it’s Good to Look Back
Reflection Ciao Bellissimi, Today I take introspective finger to thoughtful keyboard to write to you about reflection. I was talking to my son today and he is at that ripe old age of 25. He is in...
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Losing Mom. Its Not Over.
It’s Not Over Last Summer, as you know, my mom passed away from a cancerous brain tumor. One day she was diagnosed and two months later she was gone, leaving us stunned and disbelieving. Every day...
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A Step by Step guide to Expanding Your Comfort Zone
Expand Your Comfort Zone Ciao Belli! Chris here again taking resolute finger to courageous keyboard to write to you about stepping toe out of your comfort zone. Travel is supposed to be fun but it can...
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You have Been Served
Free flowing service Ciao Belli, For those who know me, you know this last year has been pretty eventful, and not in a good way. I have had some pretty unhappy and overwhelming moments. As a result of...
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Aesthetics and Truth, Why They are Living Dynamite
Aesthetics and Truth Aesthetics and Truth, Why They are Living Dynamite Aesthetics definition: Appreciative, responsive to or zealous about the beautiful Ciao My Bellis, Those of you who create art...
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The Secret To Strength and Power
What Would Your Holy Man Do? The Secret to Strength and Power Ciao Again My Belli Peeps, Several years ago I had been looking at life and reasons things are the way they are. I looked at what wrong...
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5 Quick Changes That Can Bulletproof Your Life
Bulletproof Ciao Belli Babes, Chris here taking enlightened finger to observant keyboard to write to you about creating a bulletproof life. First off, Let’s admit that life has ups and down that are...
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7 Ways to Ensure Your Child NEVER Thinks About Suicide
7 ways to ensure your child never thinks about suicide I don’t think there has ever been a more scary time to be a parent. The world has changed and it appears dangerous on the face of it. But the...
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