You are listening to the Untold Italy Travel Podcast and this is episode number 145.

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, friends.

Today I wanted to start with a huge thank you, Grzumille to you all. In the past week,

our little podcast reached the massive milestone of one million listens. Gratia, thank you to everyone

for tuning in and sharing our love of Italy and especially its lesser-known nooks and corners.

Untold Italy was launched just before the pandemic and to this day I can't really say why I persisted with weekly

episodes but I just knew I had to and I'm so glad I did. I love introducing you to our guests

and the meetings, experiences and connections that have been made as a result of untold Italy.

It truly fills my heart with joy.

Just recently on our tour of Puglia, our guest, led by the gorgeous Olivia Windsor,

bumped into Nikki Taylor and Carrida Cook in the small town of Martina Franca.

They've all appeared on the show several times and we've become fast friends.

How fun to make these global connections over a shared love of Italy. I truly wish the

same for you too. It's a lifelong adventure that just keeps on giving. But even after all that

excitement, the show must go on and today I wanted to share with you some tips for exploring Rome on a budget.

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