This is the Untold Italy travel podcast and you're listening to episode number 103.

Ciao at all and benvenuti to Untold Italy, the travel podcast where you go to the towns and villages, mountains and lakes, hills and coastlines

of Bella Italia. Each week your host, Katie Clark, takes you on a journey in search of magical

landscapes, history, culture, wine, gelato, and of course, a whole lot of pasta. If you're

dreaming of Italy and planning future adventures there,

you've come to the right place.

Ciao, our Tucci, Katie here and welcome to our annual Christmas episode of Untold Italy,

one where we reflect on the year that's just passed and give you some cheer and best wishes for the future.

I hope you enjoyed last week's episode about spending time in beautiful Capri at this time of year.

It truly does sound magical, doesn't it?

Of course, Christmas looks a little different to those past in Italy again this year, but it's a big improvement on 2020 when most

of the country was in a very hard lockdown. This year, the light installations are gorgeous,

and I definitely think they rival anything you will see anywhere else in Europe.

Think rows and rows of sparkling lights and huge Christmas trees decked out beautifully.

We've seen so many beautiful photos in our Italy travel planning group and it just makes me want to have an Italian Christmas one day.

But that's for another year.

We're going to be taking a short break next week to spend some time

with family and friends over the next couple of weeks and there will of course be some

Italian-style feasting. So I thought I'd ask some of our podcast guests and friends in Italy

what they'll be eating at Christmas time or Natale as it's called in Italian.

If you haven't planned your Christmas menu, keep listening as there's some inspiration,

including a very decadent pasta recipe and cookies from Tuscany coming up.

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