316. Italy Travel Stories: How BJ and Chris Found Their Own Version of Italy
Untold Italy travel podcast
Katy Clarke
4.7 • 699 Ratings
🗓️ 20 March 2026
⏱️ 44 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | What does it take to fall so hard for Italy that you start planning your next trip before you even leave? |
| 0:06.2 | Today, I am talking to a couple who found this podcast in 2020 and have not stopped going back to Italy ever since. |
| 0:13.5 | From their first trip to Tuscany and then on to the Dolomites and more. |
| 0:17.0 | This is the kind of Italy love story that I never get tired of hearing. |
| 0:26.6 | Music This is the kind of Italy love story that I never get tired of hearing. 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. |
| 0:38.4 | Each week your host, Katie Clark, takes you on a journey in search of magical landscapes, |
| 0:44.2 | history, culture, wine, gelato, and of course, a whole lot of pasta. |
| 0:50.0 | If you're dreaming of Italy and planning future adventures there, you've come to the right place. |
| 1:04.9 | Ciao, Benvenuti and welcome to the Untold Italy podcast. I am your host, Katie Clark, |
| 1:10.4 | and today I'm talking to |
| 1:11.4 | BJ and Chris Wittkus, a couple from Pennsylvania in the United States who have been listening |
| 1:16.3 | to the podcast since the early days and finally made it to Italy in the way that they always wanted |
| 1:22.4 | to. Not the rush through everything version. They wanted to slow it down, go deeper and actually feel it. |
| 1:29.6 | We talk about the dolomites, those jagged peaks, the thermal baths at Morano, a rowboat |
| 1:34.7 | on Lagot de Brays in the early snow, and why the best meal of their trip was a casual |
| 1:39.9 | beer and pizza at a local joint. |
| 1:42.6 | We also get into what happens when you sneak behind a parade |
| 1:45.9 | route and find yourself standing next to cows in flower headdresses while the whole town looks on. |
| 1:51.7 | It is no wonder that they fell in love with the dolomites. BJ and Chris are heading back to |
| 1:56.6 | Orta, it's a beautiful town near Alpidusia this spring on their own. And Puglia is next on their |
| 2:04.2 | list. I think you are really going to enjoy this one. So, Andiyamo, let's welcome them on to the show. |
| 2:10.3 | Benvenu, TV, Jay and Chris, welcome to the Untold Italy podcast. Hello, hello. Hi, Katie. It's |
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