This is the Untold Italy travel podcast and you're listening to episode number 154.

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, bonjourno, Italy lovers. I hope you all had a beautiful Christmas with your family and friends

and are ready to start planning your trips to Italy for 2023.

Wow, it came around quickly, didn't it?

And it might seem strange to say this,

but I often find planning the trip just as exciting as going on the trip.

Well, maybe not quite. There's nothing that beats the thrill of stepping out onto the streets of Rome with all that history

and magnificent past all around me. I'm heading to Italy in March to do some scouting for our

Untold Italy tours, which is always a lot of fun. And I'm also catching up with our

Untold Italy team members who are based in Italy too. But the big trip will be in September

when I'm celebrating a big birthday with family and friends in Chelento, just south of the Amalfi

coast. And I'm definitely getting some help with that trip because it's a little bit

of a big trip with lots of people involved. And a lot of people seem somewhat surprised about that.

But here's the thing, despite a background in event management and a business helping people tour

and plan their trips to Italy, there are always experts that know more than I do

and who I'm happy to enlist to make sure that we have an amazing time and that so I can

relax and enjoy my birthday as well. Now, one such expert is Danielle Oterrey, who has appeared

on the show many, many times. Danielle is the founder of Feast Travel and has a wealth of knowledge and expertise

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